Assessment of first language adds important information to the diagnosis of language disorders in multilingual children.
Carolin SchmidEva ReinischClaudia KlierBrigitte EisenwortPublished in: Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater (2023)
Results suggest that evaluating the children's first language is useful since it contributes to understanding the individual language development at different linguistic levels, despite the heterogeneity of the children, and, thus, allows practitioners to recommend the best possible support.