- Title
- Promoting language and social communication development in babies through an early storybook reading intervention
- Creator
- Brown, Michelle; Westerveld, Marleen; Trembath, David; Gillon, Gail
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/182612
- Identifier
- vital:16159
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2017.1406988
- Identifier
- ISBN:1754-9515 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Purpose: This study examined the effectiveness of low- and high-intensity early storybook reading (ESR) intervention workshops delivered to parents for promoting their babies language and social communication development. These workshops educated parents on how to provide a stimulating home reading environment and engage in parent–child interactions during ESR. Method: Parent–child dyads (n = 32); child age: 3–12 months, were assigned into two intervention conditions: low and high intensity (LI versus HI) groups. Both groups received the same ESR strategies; however, the HI group received additional intervention time, demonstrations and support. Outcome measures were assessed pre-intervention, one and three months post-intervention and when the child turned 2 years of age. Result: A significant time–group interaction with increased performance in the HI group was observed for language scores immediately post-intervention (p = 0.007) and at 2-years-of-age (p = 0.022). Significantly higher broader social communication scores were associated with the HI group at each of the time points (p = 0.018, p = 0.001 and p = 0.021, respectively). Simple main effect revealed that both groups demonstrated a significant improvement in language, broader social communication and home reading practices scores. Conclusions: ESR intervention workshops may promote language and broader social communication skills. The HI ESR intervention workshop was associated with significantly higher language and broader social communication scores. © 2017 The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd
- Relation
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 20, no. 3 (2018), p. 337-349
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright 2017 The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited
- Subject
- 4201 Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science; 4704 Linguistics; Babies and young children; Early storybook reading; Language development; Parent training workshops; Social communication
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