Life habits of school-aged children with specific language impairment as perceived by their parents and by school professionals.
OBJECTIVE
Describe social participation of a group of children with specific language impairment.


METHODS
26 parents of children with specific language impairment (SLI) aged from 5 to 13 years and 11 school professionals participated in the study. Data collection was performed with the adapted version for children aged from 5 to 13 years old of the Assessment of Life Habits (Fougeyrollas et al., 2001). The questionnaire encompasses 196 life habits, grouped in 12 dimensions: nutrition, fitness, personal care, communication, housing, mobility, responsibilities, interpersonal relationships, community life, education, work and recreation (Fougeyrollas, 2010).


RESULTS
According to their parents and school professionals, children in this study carried out without difficulty life habits related to housing and mobility. However, they experienced difficulty with life habits related to interpersonal relationships, recreation and responsibilities, in addition to communication and education.


CONCLUSIONS
Children with SLI are perceived by their parents and school professionals as having reduced social participation in many aspects of their daily life. Social participation should be considered as a major outcome when offering services in school to these children. This study proposes specific ways to help children with SLI.
École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7; Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, 2275, Laurier Avenue East, Montreal, Québec, Canada H2H 2N8. Electronic address: claire.croteau@umontreal.ca.
Claire
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Croteau
École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7; Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, 2275, Laurier Avenue East, Montreal, Québec, Canada H2H 2N8. Electronic address: pamela.mcmahon-morin@csvdc.qc.ca.
Paméla
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McMahon-Morin
École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7. Electronic address: claudiamorin@csbf.qc.ca.
Claudia
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Morin
École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7; Research Centre, Pediatric CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Côte Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: benoit.jutras@umontreal.ca.
Benoît
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Jutras
École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7; Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, 2275, Laurier Avenue East, Montreal, Québec, Canada H2H 2N8. Electronic address: natacha.trudeau@umontreal.ca.
Natacha
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Trudeau
École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7; Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, 2275, Laurier Avenue East, Montreal, Québec, Canada H2H 2N8. Electronic address: guylaine.le.dorze@umontreal.ca.
Guylaine
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Le Dorze
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007802:Language; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011998:Recreation; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Community; Family; Life habits; Participation; School; Specific language impairment