The Manchester Language Study: Sixteen-year-old data for children with developmental language disorders who had attended language units in England 2003-2008

The project aimed to follow up participants of the Manchester Language Study (MLS) when they were in their final year of secondary education (Year 11) and compare their outcomes with age-matched peers who did not have a history of developmental language disorders (DLD). Participants with DLD were on average 16 years of age and had originally been recruited as part of the MLS when they were 7 years of age (Year 2) and were attending language units in England. The project aims included: a) determining the psycholinguistic, socio-cognitive and literacy profiles of participants in adolescence, b) investigating social-behavioural-emotional wellbeing including strengths and difficulties of participants in adolescence, c) examining changes from childhood to adolescence and d) investigating the transition to adult life. The Manchester Language Study (MLS) began in 1995 and spans approximately 20 years from childhood to early adulthood. This collection includes data related to the MLS cohort which was gathered during their final year of secondary education. The data for the MLS cohort at the time of recruitment (7 years of age) is published and available in ReShare (publication reference 853746, link provided under Related resources). The data for the MLS cohort in their final year of primary education is also published and available in ReShare (publication reference 853965, link provided under Related resources). The data for the MLS cohort in early adulthood is also published and available in ReShare (publication reference 852066, link provided under Related resources)