Appendix 10 Further information about common programs used in Victoria Program Participants Intervention Setting Key Strategies Evidence to indicate effectiveness Common programs identified through the survey It Takes Two Parents of Group sessions for Community setting -a family-centred program; parents Yes multiple studies indicate – children (0-5 parents & home visits are involved in the intervention that the program is effective years) identified thereby strengthening their ability to (see Girolametto, 1988; as having a help their child Tannock et al, 1992; language delay Three individual Delivered by: a Girolametto et al, 1996) -makes use of everyday activities visits to families speech – and interactions within family life parents are pathologist videotaped as they -the interaction between adult and practice strategies child is the means by which children learn -teachers parents to be responsive (The Hanen Centre, 2011) Parent Child Parents and Group sessions for Various settings -uses oral traditions of rhymes, At least two published studies Mother Goose children (0-4 parents and children including songs and storytelling which indicate that the program is years) (2 hours) community become a resource for parents to effective (see Scharfe, 2011; settings use during daily activities and Terrett et al, 2013) routines Includes time for parents to interact, Delivered by: time for children to trained facilitator play together Read Maternal and Maternal and child Clinic-based -nurses were trained to deliver 5 An RCT of the initiative Let’s child health health nurses model program minute intervention to parents during demonstrated the program was nurses and shared reading well-child visit not effective in terms of parents of activities to parents vocabulary production children’s
Appendix 10 Further information about common programs used in Victoria Program Participants Intervention Setting Key Strategies Evidence to indicate effectiveness Common programs identified through the survey It Takes Two Parents of children (0-5 years) identified as having a language delay Group sessions for parents Three individual visits to families – parents are videotaped as they practice strategies Community setting & home visits Delivered by: a speech pathologist -a family-centred program; parents are involved in the intervention thereby strengthening their ability to help their child -makes use of everyday activities and interactions within family life -the interaction between adult and child is the means by which children learn -teachers parents to be responsive (The Hanen Centre, 2011) Yes – multiple studies indicate that the program is effective (see Girolametto, 1988; Tannock et al, 1992; Girolametto et al, 1996) Parent Child Mother Goose Parents and children (0-4 years) Group sessions for parents and children (2 hours) Includes time for parents to interact, time for children to play together Various settings including community settings Delivered by: trained facilitator -uses oral traditions of rhymes, songs and storytelling which become a resource for parents to use during daily activities and routines At least two published studies indicate that the program is effective (see Scharfe, 2011; Terrett et al, 2013) Let’s Read Maternal and child health nurses and parents of Maternal and child health nurses model shared reading activities to parents Clinic-based program -nurses were trained to deliver 5 minute intervention to parents during well-child visit An RCT of the initiative demonstrated the program was not effective in terms of children’s vocabulary production
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