Association of Parent Training With Child Language Development: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Training parents to implement strategies to support child language development is crucial to support long-term outcomes, given that as many as 2 of 5 children younger than 5 years have difficulty learning language.

Objective

To examine the association between parent training and language and communication outcomes in young children.

Data sources

Searches of ERIC, Academic Search Complete, PsycINFO, and PsycARTICLES were conducted on August 11, 2014; August 18, 2016; January 23, 2018; and October 30, 2018.

Study selection

Studies included in this review and meta-analysis were randomized or nonrandomized clinical trials that evaluated a language intervention that included parent training with children with a mean age of less than 6 years. Studies were

SUBMITTER: Roberts MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537769 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature