Enhancing Children's Communication Through Parent-implemented Language Therapy
Published Jul 4, 2015 · Silvia Romero-Contreras
Childhood Education
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Abstract
Speech and language delays disproportionately affect children living in poverty or growing up in conflict- or violence-affected contexts. These situations undermine children's efforts to form close parental and caregiver attachments, which are crucial to typical development of language. When children are identified as language delayed, parents and caregivers may find that confusion, stigma, frustration, or inexperience can prevent the parent-child interactions that so effectively promote language development. In this article, the authors sought to improve learning outcomes for language-delayed children through parent-implemented therapy. Parents who were instructed in language therapies felt empowered and confident to continue employing the strategies they learned with their children at home.