The effect of dialogic reading program on verbal behaviors in mothers of children with developmental language delays

대화식 책읽기 부모교육 프로그램이 언어발달지체 아동 어머니의 책읽기 상호작용 행동에 미치는 영향

Dialogic reading program is designed to involve children actively during shared reading and to provide a rich avenue for language development. The present study is to examine the effects of the modified dialogic reading program on parent-child interactions in parents of children with developmental language delays. six children with developmental language delays and their parents were participated. This 4 week program was composed of three group sessions and one individual feedback session. Parent-child interactions were videotaped before and after the program. As a result, all six parents showed increase in positive behaviors during the interaction after completing the program. And negative behaviors were partly decreased. These results were discussed in conclusions.