Walking, talking ages studied
PA Dunedin Children who are slow to walk may also be slow learners, a Dunedin child development study has found.
As part of a long-term study of child development, the I.Q. of 954 seven-year-olds was measured and compared with records of when the children first walked and talked.
Babies walking later than 18 months were catergorised as slow walkers and those talking later than 24 months were classified as
slow talkers. Children who were slow to walk, or slow to walk and talk, had significantly lower I.Q. scores and had greater reading difficulties than normal.
Slow talking on its own was not associated with later reading difficulties or low intelligence. The Dunedin group conducting the study hopes to use slow walking to identify problem babies and perhaps prevent some of the problems encountered by slow learners in later childhood.
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Press, 5 July 1983, Page 33
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