Collaboration Between Teachers and Psychologists to Promote Oral Language Development in Toddlers

• In Event: Roundtable Session 55
  In Roundtable Session: Understanding Teacher Beliefs in Early Childhood Education

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to promote oral language comprehension and expression in toddlers, in collaboration with teachers, applying effective strategies during storybook reading. In a pre post randomized groups design, a program to promote teacher’s application and sharing of effective strategies for storybooks reading was applied in a collaboration model with psychologists. Participants were 17 toddlers (from 1 year 11 months to 3 years old) and their two teachers. Results show increments on teacher’s strategies, significant increments in experimental group (Wilcoxon T). Z= -3. 628; p < .001) and differences between groups (Mann- Whitney U). Z= -2.337; p= .019) on children oral language development. Discussion focuses on the advantages of collaboration between professionals to promote child development.

Authors

• Lizbeth Vega-Perez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

• German Perez-Estrada, Universidad Pedagogica Nacional