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Involving Individuals with Developmental Language Disorder and Their Parents/Carers in Research Priority Setting
Published on: June 6, 2020
[Group training for parents of young children with specific developmental speech and language disorder (SDLD)]
Hedwig Amorosa1, Rosemarie Endres
1Heckscher Klinik, München. hedwig.amorosa@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Objective:
Children with SDLD have a high risk of psychiatric disorder. For early intervention training of the parents in structured small groups is recommended. The aim of this pilot project is the development of a program for parents of german speaking children and the assessment of the acceptability by the parents.
Method:
The selected topics for the parent training were grouped in six moduls. The joint analysis of short videosequences of interactions were used as a mean medium. The acceptability was assessed by questionaires.
Results:
In three groups with 4 - 8 participants so far completed the feedback was positive.
Conclusions:
The structured training of parents is an acceptable form also for german parents.
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