Aregash Abebayehu Zerga, Sisay Eshete Tadesse, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele, Segenet Zewdie Ayele
Impact of malnutrition on the academic performance of school children in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
SAGE open medicine
develop statistical models communicative participation development preschool children explore variations level function secondary analysis data longitudinal study preschool children speech language impairments n46 872 age range 1867mo mean age sd 4176mo 1192 67 male accessing publicly funded services ontario canada two measures used focus outcomes communication six focus measuring changes communicative participation skills communication function classification system cfcs classifying communicative function one five levels used mixed effects modeling fit growth curves children cfcs level models allowed variation initial focus score 18 months rate growth age rate accelerationdeceleration age starting focus score 18mo varied inversely cfcs level entry program growth initially rapid leveled children levels iii growth less rapid children level iv leveled slow continual children level v work help us move beyond traditional impairmentbased thinking shows children make meaningful communicative changes regardless function