Shared Book Reading Intervention for Parents of Infants and Toddlers.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2022

Identifier

DOI: 10.1177/1476718x221091462

Abstract

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 intervention highly acceptable and useful. Parents receiving intervention demonstrated significant improvement in book-sharing strategies compared to controls at post-intervention and 2-month follow-up. The current study provides evidence for the benefit of a brief, low intensity, targeted intervention to enhance parent book-sharing with infants and toddlers.

Journal Title

J Early Child Res

Volume

20

Issue

3

First Page

322

Last Page

340

Keywords

attention; book-sharing; infant; language; parent coaching; parent-child interaction; reading; shared reading; toddler

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