Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
The Effects of a Parent-Implemented Language Intervention on Late-Talkers’ Expressive Skills: The Mediational Role of Parental Speech Contingency and Dialogic Reading Abilities
Originally published 2021-09-09 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723366 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
How might a caregiver respond to a child's attempt to communicate during a book?
The intervention combines dialogic reading with focused language stimulation. The authors examine how parents' contingent talk relates to children's expressive skills.
Who was studied?
Forty-six children identified as late talkers and their parents, including full-term and low-risk preterm children.
Age / stage: Children aged 31 months
Read with three questions
- Can the contribution of dialogic reading be separated from focused stimulation?
- How were participants assigned, and what differed between the comparison conditions?
- How did the authors distinguish the adult’s participation from the child’s engagement?
Keep the limits in view
Group comparisons can be affected by baseline differences or concurrent support. Effects of a multicomponent program may not identify a single active ingredient.
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Chiara Suttora; Mariagrazia Zuccarini; Arianna Aceti; Luigi Corvaglia; Annalisa Guarini; Alessandra Sansavini (2021). The Effects of a Parent-Implemented Language Intervention on Late-Talkers’ Expressive Skills: The Mediational Role of Parental Speech Contingency and Dialogic Reading Abilities Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723366
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