A Speech Sound and Phonemic Awareness Intervention in Flemish Early Childhood Education

Other Developmental Disorders of Speech and Language Clinical Trial

Official title:

Spreken Verfijnen in de Kleuterklas: De Ontwikkeling Van Een Spraakdidactiek Als Uitbreiding op de Gangbare Taaldidactiek in Het Kleuteronderwijs

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02313025
• Other study ID #: CatholicULeuven
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 4, 2014
• Last updated: December 8, 2014
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2014
• Source: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Contact: Lieve Van Severen, Dr
• Phone: +32 (0)53 72 71 70
• Email: lieve.vanseveren[@]odisee.be
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The language intervention 'Kaatje Klank' is designed for stimulating the speech production and speech perception skills of 4-year-olds in an early childhood educational setting, in order to stimulate early literacy skills. These skills are crucial skills for technical reading in later ages. Good reading skills are an important condition for academic success.

To measure the effect of the language intervention 'Kaatje Klank', the intervention will be applied in six Dutch preschool classes (n = 100 children, 50% native speakers of Dutch, 50% non-native speakers) during 12 weeks (daily). Teachers will be trained and observed using a coaching trajectory.To measure the effect on speech production and perception skills, a pre- and posttest and a comparison with a matched control group (n = 100 children, 50% native speakers of Dutch, 50% non-native speakers) will be used. The control group will receive a different language intervention which focuses on vocabulary development (World-project).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 3 Years to 5 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• In eary childhood education in Flanders (2de kleuterklas)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Language or speech disorder

• Less than 1 year acquiring Dutch

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Developmental Disabilities
• Other Developmental Disorders of Speech and Language

Intervention

Other:
• speech sound intervention
An intervention that stimulates speech sound perception and production in four-year-olds. Each day at preschool the children receive a 15 to 20 minutes intervention, for 12 weeks
• World-project
An intervention that stimulates vocabulary development in four-year-olds. Each day at preschool the children receive a 120 minutes intervention, for 10 weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Odisee	Aalst	Oost-Vlaanderen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	test battery: speech articulation test + phonemic awareness		Participants will be tested after an intervention of 12 weeks. The expected average test duration is 16 minutes	No
Secondary	vocabulary test (Wereldwoorden project)		Participants will be tested after an intervention of 12 weeks. The expected average test duration is 4 minutes	No

External Links

•   Information on the speech sound intervention