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Abdullah Nasser Al Sagri

King Abdullaziz Medical City, KSA

Title: The effects of parents implementing language interventions on children with delayed language development

Abstract

Background: The first and most enduring teachers for their children are their parents. Parental support for their children's intellectual, social, and language growth is critical for their development. Therefore, the current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of parents implementing language interventions on children with delayed language development. 

Methods: This narrative review has been undertaken by searching databases like PubMed, Google Scholar, and EMBASE. The articles published from 2000 to 2022, published in English language were included in this narrative review. All the studies that examined the effect of parental language intervention on children with delayed speech development were reviewed. 

Results: The findings of studies addressing long-term impacts of parent-implemented interventions are inconsistent, revealing both long-term effects of interventions on children's language scores and abilities in some situations and a lack of long-term effects in others. Several studies have also highlighted the failure of parent-led interventions to address challenges associated with delayed-language development among children. The significance of interaction in cognitive development more generally, since parents who interact with their children at a level that challenges them while simultaneously offering support and numerous learning opportunities report excellent outcomes. 

Conclusion: Interventions focusing on social communication are recommended for younger children facing challenges in language development. This highlights the need to use interventions related to the child's age and developmental stage. The premise behind the cascading model of parent-led intervention relies on the parent's effective implementation of training, coaching, and support received from the clinician's accuracy, consistency, and frequency, resulting in improvements in the child's development outcomes. Warranting more studies to explore the utility of parent-led interventions to help children with delayed-language development issues.

Keywords: language; language intervention; delayed language; delayed speech; delayed language development.

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