Aplicação de um instrumento de triagem do vocabulário para crianças entre 3 e 7 anos: estudo piloto

Abstract

Purpose: to describe the performance of children between three and seven years of age in a expressive and receptive screening instrument. Methods: the sample consisted of 133 children between 3 and 7 years of age, without diagnoses of neurodevelopmental disabilities or disorders. For screening, the TRILHAR instrument was used, which includes receptive and expressive vocabulary skills. The data were analyzed by the Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney and Spearman Correlation tests. Results: there was a statistical difference in the performance of the groups, in addition to a positive correlation between the age group and the final score in the screening. There was statistical difference in the performance on the receptive and expressive vocabulary subtests. Conclusion: there was a difference in the performance of the groups in receptive and expressive tasks, and in the final result, with better performance for the children with 7 years. In addition, a positive correlation was observed between age and performance on the screening test, that is, the older the age, the better the performance.