Parent-Implemented Versus Clinician-Directed Interventions for Late-Talking Toddlers: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Communication Disorders Quarterly
DeVeney, S. L., Hagaman, J. L., et al. (2017).
Communication Disorders Quarterly, 39(1), 293-302.
This systematic review investigates the effect of parent-implemented and clinician-directed interventions on late-talking toddlers.
No funding received
1990 to October 2015
Treatment-comparison group designs; single-group designs; single-subject designs
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"Despite limitations in the number of published studies, support exists for the idea that interventions provided by either parents or clinicians can effectively improve language and, for late talkers, parent-implemented intervention may be more effective than clinician-directed service provision" (p.300). The included studies investigated at least one of the following approaches implemented by parents and/or clinicians:
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<li>general language stimulation;</li>
<li>focused language stimulation; and/or</li>
<li>milieu teaching/enhanced milieu teaching.</li>
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