How language develops, what goes wrong and why it matters: Following the Early Language in Victoria Study to age 13

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2003, we established the Early Language in Victoria Study (ELVS), a prospective study of 1,910 Victorian infants already followed to age 7 years. In this study we will capture the ELVS children’s abilities from middle childhood to adolescence, a transition phase that poses greater physical, academic, cognitive, social and emotional challenges. We will track the children’s language, literacy, health and well-being to 13 years by multi-source informant, direct assessment and linkage to national academic data at 9, 11 and 13 years.