biostudies-literatureSalley BNICHD NIH HHSKansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research CenterChildren’s Mercy Hospital Katharine Beery Richardson Grant322-340https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9455889biostudies-literatureUnknown20(3)Shared book reading is a well-established vehicle for promoting child language and early development. Yet, existing shared reading interventions have primarily included only children age 3 years and older and high quality dialogic strategies have been less systematically applied for infants and toddlers. To address this gap, we have developed a book-sharing intervention for parents of 12- to 36-month-olds. The current study evaluated acceptability/usability and preliminary efficacy of book-sharing intervention in a randomized controlled trial. Parent-child dyads were randomized to either 8-week book-sharing intervention (n=15) or wait list control (n=15). Parent book-sharing skills were assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 2-month follow-up. Results indicated parents found the inteJournal of early childhood research : ECRShared Book Reading Intervention for Parents of Infants and Toddlers.PMC9455889HD 002528L40 HD080678K99 HD075886P30 HD002528Daniels DWalker CFleming KSalley BfalseShared Book Reading Intervention for Parents of Infants and Toddlers.Shared book reading is a well-established vehicle for promoting child language and early development. Yet, existing shared reading interventions have primarily included only children age 3 years and older and high quality dialogic strategies have been less systematically applied for infants and toddlers. To address this gap, we have developed a book-sharing intervention for parents of 12- to 36-month-olds. The current study evaluated acceptability/usability and preliminary efficacy of book-sharing intervention in a randomized controlled trial. Parent-child dyads were randomized to either 8-week book-sharing intervention (n=15) or wait list control (n=15). Parent book-sharing skills were assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 2-month follow-up. Results indicated parents found the inte2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Sep2025-04-18T13:20:31.921Z2025-04-04T07:45:14.561ZS-EPMC94558893609224910.1177/1476718x221091462