Senior Project Advisor

Heather Moore

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2023

Keywords

communication delay, early intervention, environmental arrangement, intentional communication, language disorders, naturalistic communication intervention, speech language-pathologist, rate of communication, rate of requesting, rate of commenting, toddlers

Abstract

Many children develop language naturally, but some children experience communication delays. In these cases, naturalistic communication intervention can improve a child’s language abilities. One component of naturalistic communication intervention and the focus of this study is environmental arrangement (EA). This study sought to understand the relationship between parent-implemented EA strategy use during daily home routines and child rate of communication. Thirteen sets of video recordings were transcribed and coded from a larger data set from the Language and Play Every Day program (LAPE) to be analyzed. Although there appeared to be a relationship when looking at the averages, no statistically significant correlations between EA usage and child rate of communication were found.

Department

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Communicative disorders in children; Natural language processing; Speech therapy for children; Biolinguistics

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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