Measuring Parental Language to Target Families for Early-Intervention Services

Autor/inn/en	Gridley, Nicole; Baker-Henningham, Helen; Hutchings, Judy
Titel	Measuring Parental Language to Target Families for Early-Intervention Services
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 22 (2016) 4, S.348-367 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
DOI	10.1080/13575279.2016.1188761
Schlagwörter	Observation; Parent Child Relationship; Receptive Language; Toddlers; Cues; Interrater Reliability; Child Development; Identification; Language Skills; Language Acquisition; Prediction; At Risk Persons; Delivery Systems; Comparative Analysis; Child Language; Early Intervention; Language Impairments; Delayed Speech; Foreign Countries; Factor Analysis; Video Technology; Parent Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Stress Variables; Vocabulary Skills; Interpersonal Communication; Socioeconomic Status; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Construct Validity; Predictive Validity; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Beobachtung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Stichwort; Interrater-Reliabilität; Kindesentwicklung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Vorhersage; Risikogruppe; Auslieferung; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Sprachverzögerung; Ausland; Faktorenanalyse; Elternverhalten; Messdaten; Aktiver Wortschatz; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Großbritannien
Abstract	Poor language skills can have a negative effect on a developing child if not identified early. Current strategies to identify families with children who may need additional support are limited, and may not detect child language problems before they become entrenched. The present study explores observed indices of parental language as a means of identifying families whose children are at risk of poor outcomes. Fifteen-minute observations of 68 parent-toddler dyads were coded for 11 categories of parent language. Three complex measures were developed; parent prompts, encouraging and critical language. Two simple language indices (parent total words and total different words) were calculated for comparison. Two complex measures evidenced acceptable levels of inter-rater reliability, reasonable stability over time and some construct validity. "Parent prompts" predicted toddler receptive and expressive language six months later. In comparison, the two simple measures were more reliable and stable over time and just as predictive of toddler language. The findings suggest observed parental language could prove useful in identifying high-risk families in need of specific support and simple measures could be integrated into existing assessment frameworks used by early years services. Further research is required to establish the feasibility of integrating such methods into current service delivery. (As Provided).
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