Evelien Dirks|Loes Wauters
It Takes Two to Read: Interactive Reading with Young Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
Leiden University|Royal Dutch Kentalis|Radboud University Nijmegen
interactive storybook reading important activity enhance emergent literacy skills young deaf hardofhearing dhh children parents crucial role play promoting childrens literacy development however parents often read interactive way therefore guidance recommended applying interactive reading strategies present study examined parent reading behavior affected implementing interactive reading training program parents young dhh children parents 18 dhh toddlers netherlands participated series group training sessions interactive reading behavior compared 10 parents participate results showed parents interactive reading behavior tended increase participated interactive reading program program applied interactive reading strategies often parents participated program findings suggest interactive reading programs incorporated early intervention programs dhh children