ERIC Number: EJ718068
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-8151
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Teaching Enhanced Milieu Language Teaching Skills to Parents in Multiple Risk Families
Peterson, Pete; Carta, Judith J.; Greenwood, Charles
Journal of Early Intervention, v27 n2 p94-109 Win 2005
A multiple baseline design across three parent-child dyads of families with multiple risk factors was used to determine the effectiveness of teaching parents to use milieu language teaching procedures. Parents were taught to use two sets of milieu language teaching skills: responsive interaction and incidental teaching. Results showed that parents were able to acquire milieu language teaching skills and that they maintained those skills after the intervention was completed. Children increased their verbal behavior in the form of child comments and correct responding to parent questions. Increases in children?s mean length of utterance and Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development scores also were noted. Parents? use of responsive interaction skills was more likely to encourage child comments while parental use of incidental teaching was more likely to promote correct responses from children participating in the study. Implications for future research and practice include the need to explore implementation factors related to parent characteristics and environmental risks.
Descriptors: Interaction, Verbal Stimuli, Teaching Skills, Risk, Language Teachers, Language Acquisition, Parent Education, Intervention, Parents as Teachers, Teaching Methods, Verbal Communication, Parent Child Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Mean Length of Utterance
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Does Not Meet Evidence Standards
WWC Study Page: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/study/70814
IES Cited: ED531337
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