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ALDeQ-NL
Parental questionnaire on first language development
The ALDeQ-NL is a free parental questionnaire on the first language (development) of multilingual children. The questionnaire helps to identify multilingual children with a Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). The ALDeQ-NL can be used by Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs), but also by CLB (Student Guidance Centre) staff, care coordinators or (remedial) teachers. Parents should always complete the questionnaire under the guidance of a professional. With the support of HaBilNet, the ALDeQ-NL has been translated into 10 different languages with optional audio for each of these languages so that parents can complete the questionnaire in their own language.
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ALDeQ-NL
The ALDeQ-NL is a parental questionnaire on the first language (development) of multilingual children. The questionnaire helps to differentiate multilingual children with and without a Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). It is based on the Alberta Language and Development Questionnaire (ALDeQ; Paradis, Emmerzael & Sorenson Duncan, 2010).
Who can use the ALDeQ-NL?
The free online questionnaire is designed for SLPs but can also be used by CLB staff, care coordinators or (remedial) teachers for correct referral of students. Parents should always complete the questionnaire under the guidance of a professional.
The ALDeQ-NL can be used in Flanders for successively multilingual children between the ages of 4 and 10. These are children who (also) speak a language other than Dutch at home. It is important that there has been no Dutch language input at home during the pre-school period.
How do I use the ALDeQ-NL?
The ALDeQ-NL has been developed in Dutch for professionals in Flanders. As an English-speaking professional in Flanders you can use the ALDeQ-NL as described below. If you are working in another region there might be other parental questionnaires more suitable.
- Open the ALDeQ-NL online parental questionnaire.
- As a professional, enter your profession, the child's first name, its first language and your e-mail address.
- Choose the language of the parental questionnaire. You can choose from 11 different languages.
- Have (one of) the parents complete the 18 multiple-choice questions under your guidance. The audiofiles of each question and answer can help them with this.
- You will then receive the ALDeQ-NL results in your mailbox. This may take a few minutes. Please also check your junk mail.
If you don't have internet access during the interview with the parents, download the ALDeQ-NL questions (at the bottom of the page) and enter the answers online afterwards.
Researchers
Researcher
Heleen Leysen
Heleen Leysen (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group since 2014. She has expertise in language development disorders in multilingual children.
Researcher
Charlotte Mostaert
Charlotte Mostaert (MSc) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-Being Research Group since 2010. She has expertise in language development disorders and multilingualism.
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