Early intervention for toddlers with language delays: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Early interventions for toddlers with expressive and receptive language delays have not resulted in positive expressive language outcomes. This randomized controlled trial tested the effects on language outcomes of a caregiver-implemented communication intervention targeting toddlers at risk for persistent language delays.

Methods

Participants included 97 toddlers, who were between 24 and 42 months with language scores at least 1.33 SDs below the normative mean and no other developmental delays, and their caregivers. Toddlers were randomly assigned to the caregiver-implemented intervention or a usual-care control group. Caregivers and children participated in 28 sessions in which caregivers were taught to implement the intervention. The primary outcome was the Pres

SUBMITTER: Roberts MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4379460 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature