Megha Mohan

Manipal Academy of Higher Education | MAHE · Department of Speech and Hearing

Background: Pretend play is a form of play that involves nonliteral actions. There are limited studies reporting the developmental trends of pretend play behaviours of typically developing pre-schoolers. This knowledge would be beneficial in the early identification of deviations in pre-schoolers who have or are at risk of developing developmental...

Purpose The present study aimed to analyze the influence of SES on play skills in toddlers during a mother–child dyadic interaction. Methodology The study followed a cross sectional study design and included forty toddlers between the ages of 2–3 yrs, with their mothers. Participants were divided based on their SES into two groups as Group 1[Middl...

The preschool period is marked by the development of several domains such as communication, cognition, social skills, and literacy skills. As language and literacy skills overlap during the preschool period, it is important to understand the dynamics of language and literacy in early school years. Due to language diversity, India does not bear a si...

Purpose: Language development in children aged 3-6 years is shaped by their pre-linguistic abilities, communication patterns and play behaviors along with parental communicative roles. Little is known about how these aspects are distributed among children with receptive expressive language disorder (CWRELD) in comparison to typically developing ch...

Background Parental concerns pertaining to communication abilities are essential as it does aid in the identification of the children at risk of physical and mental health problems. Objectives The current study followed a cross sectional study design. The study focussed on developing a questionnaire targeting the parental concerns in Typically dev...