Megan Y. Roberts|Philip Curtis|Bailey J. Sone|Lauren H. Hampton
Association of Parent Training With Child Language Development
Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University
h3importanceh3 training parents implement strategies support child language development crucial support longterm outcomes given many 2 5 children younger 5 years difficulty learning language h3objectiveh3 examine association parent training language communication outcomes young children h3data sourcesh3 searches eric academic search complete psycinfo psycarticles conducted august 11 2014 august 18 2016 january 23 2018 october 30 2018 h3study selectionh3 studies included review metaanalysis randomized nonrandomized clinical trials evaluated language intervention included parent training children mean age less 6 years studies excluded parent primary implementer intervention study included fewer 10 participants study report outcomes related language communication h3data extraction synthesish3 preferred reporting items systematic reviews metaanalyses prisma guidelines applied total 31 778 articles identified screening full text 723 articles reviewed 76 total studies ultimately included h3main outcomes measuresh3 main outcomes included language communication skills children primary secondary language impairment children risk language impairment h3resultsh3 metaanalysis included 59 randomized clinical trials 17 nonrandomized clinical trials including 5848 total participants 364 female 208 mean sd age 35 39 years intervention approach 63 studies naturalistic teaching approach 16 studies used primarily dialogic reading approach significant moderate association parent training child communication engagement language outcomes mean se hedgesigi033 006ipi lt 001 association parent training parent use language support strategies large mean se hedgesigi055 011ipi lt 001 children developmental language disorder largest social communication outcomes mean se hedgesigi 037 017 large significant associations observed receptive mean se hedgesigi 092 030 expressive language mean se hedgesigi 083 020 children risk language impairments moderate effect sizes across receptive language mean se hedgesigi 028 015 engagement outcomes mean se hedgesigi 036 017 h3conclusions relevanceh3 findings suggest training parents implement language communication intervention techniques associated improved outcomes children increased parent use support strategies findings may direct implications intervention prevention