Parents who actively support their child’s language skills can play a big role in improving their language development.

When parents are trained to engage more effectively with their children, it can enhance the children’s ability to both understand and speak. Teaching parents the right techniques can lead to long-term benefits, particularly for children with language delays or at risk for language disorders. Children whose parents participated in these programs demonstrated better language development compared to those whose parents did not receive training.

However, the authors also point out that more research is needed to figure out the most effective ways to implement these programs and which methods work best for different children. Ultimately, parent training is an important and beneficial way to support children’s language development.

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Jess Vo, UConn KIDS Research Assistant

 

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