EMT en Español for Spanish-speaking Toddlers With Language Delays

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Language Development Disorders

In brief

The goal of the study is to conduct an initial efficacy study of a promising therapist and caregiver-implemented communication intervention to improve language and school readiness skills in low-income Spanish-speaking children with receptive and expressive language delays (ages 30 to 36 months). The proposed randomized trial compares the effects of a caregiver plus therapist implemented EMT en Español intervention to a community based "business as usual" control group at four time points (pre- intervention, post-intervention, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up) in a sample of 84 low-income, Spanish-speaking families and their toddlers with receptive and expressive language delays.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04066049

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

81

Starts

2019-12-01

Expected to finish

2025-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-13

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 3. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Spanish is the primary language spoken to the child by caregivers as measured by the Home Language Scale
• The child demonstrates expressive and receptive language delays (at least 1.5 standard deviations below the mean n each domain as measured on the Preschool Language Scale- 5th edition Spanish)
• The child demonstrates cognitive skills within 1 standard deviation of the mean as measured by the Leiter-R
• The child is between 30-36 months old
• The child does not have any other disabilities (e.g. ASD, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness)
• There is one consistent caregiver willing to participate in training and assessments
• The family meets criteria for low-income status (i.e., income is up to 2 times federal poverty level for a family of that size)

You may not qualify if…

• Spanish is not primary language spoken to the child by caregiver as measured by the Home Language Scale
• The child does not demonstrate expressive and receptive language delays (at least 1.5 stand deviations below the mean n each domain as measured on the Preschool Language Scale- 5th edition Spanish)
• The child does not demonstrate cognitive skills within 1 standard deviation of the mean as measured by the Leiter-R
• The child is over 36 months old
• The child has another disability (e.g. ASD, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness)
• There is not a consistent caregiver willing to participate in training and assessments
• The family does not meet criteria for low-income status (i.e. income is more than 2 times the federal poverty level for a family of that size)

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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