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Audra Sterling¹, Steven F Warren

¹Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, WI , USA.

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

|July 23, 2013

Objective:

The purpose of this study was to examine maternal responsivity and directive behaviors in mothers of children with Down syndrome (DS).

Methods:

Participants included 22 mothers with a young child with DS compared to 22 mothers of chronologically age-matched typically developing (TD) children using a cross-sectional design. The dyads participated in videotaped structured activities that were coded for responsive and directive behaviors.

Results:

RESULTS indicated that the mothers of children with DS used a more facilitative style with the older children while these behaviors decreased with older children with TD; one directive behavior, request for behavioral comply, increased with the older children with DS.

Conclusion:

The mothers of children with DS adapted their parenting style to be facilitative of their children's linguistic development.

Keywords:

Down syndrome Intellectual disability language development maternal responsivity parent–child interactions

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