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Training parents of school‐age Down's children in verbal communication
Author(s) -
Bidder Reetta T.,
Gray Peter,
Pates Richard M.,
Beckett Christina
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1983.tb00090.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , nonverbal communication , scale (ratio) , down syndrome , psychiatry , physics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY: The parents of eight school age Down's children attended workshops for guidance in aiding their child's verbal communication in everyday situations. Nine other parents participated as matched controls and attended similar workshops later. All the children were assessed twice, six weeks apart (baseline period), on the Performance, Language, and Practical Reasoning subscales of the Griffiths Mental Development Scales. The parents also recorded the child's speech in various situations during one day at the weekend on an identical time scale. The results show significant changes on all three subscales. The parents' recordings showed an increase in the use of statements with three or more words. The techniques were easily grasped by the parents and could be utilised by other professionals working with Down's children in education or in parent training. They could also be of value to children manifesting problems other than Down's syndrome.