Parent-Implemented Language Interventions for Children With a Developmental Delay: A Systematic Review
Journal of Policy & Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
Te Kaat-van den Os, D. J. A., Jongmans, M. J., et al. (2017).
Journal of Policy & Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(2), 129-137.
This systematic review investigates parent-implemented language interventions on communication and language outcomes in young children, 1 to 5 years old, with developmental delay.
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1974 to 2015
Empircal studies (not further specified)
7
Results of parent-implemented language interventions for children aged 1 to 5 years with developmental delays indicated the following:
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<li>"positive effects of interventions on parental responsiveness and on children's communication, including significant increases in the frequency of specific aspects of language (i.e., vocabulary diversity, lexical density, MLU [mean length of utterance]) as a part of the child’s communication" (p. 136); and</li>
<li>no effects on children's expressive language vocabulary development.</li>
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