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3-020 - Systematic Reviews of Intervention Research to Inform Bridging the Word Gap Efforts
Sat, April 8, 8:30 to 10:00am, Austin Convention Center, Meeting Room 9CSession Type: Poster Symposium
Integrative Statement
Development compromised by the stress of growing up in poverty may for some children, be associated with disparities in their early language-learning opportunities that are vastly lower than those experienced by more advantaged children (Hart & Risley, 1995). Ensuing lower language trajectories may set in motion a cascade of delays in reading and school readiness with profound, lifelong social and economic costs (Heckman, 2006, Shonkoff & Phillips, 2000). This poster symposium brings together the work of 6 interdisciplinary workgroups convened to carry out systematic research syntheses relevant to addressing the gap in experience with language (word gap) that may disproportionately impact poor children.
To better understand the research literature pertaining to interventions implemented by parents, child care providers, and community-based interventions as well as associated implementation, contextual and methodological factors, a systematic literature search was performed across key digital databases using standard literature search procedures described in each poster. This systematic search resulted in a core database of over 2,000 articles downloaded to a citation manager and accessible to workgroups for analysis. Studies describing language interventions were maintained and coded for relevant procedural and methodological variables. Results highlight intervention practices associated with child language outcomes. Variables impacting intervention practice, contextual features, exemplars of innovative strategies, gaps in the research, and where future research is most needed will be described. Discussion highlights findings from each synthesis, emphasizing steps needed to improve the quality of research addressing the word gap at the individual, community and population levels.
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The Effects of Parent-implemented Interventions to Improve Children’s Language - Presenting Author: Megan York Roberts, Northwestern University; Ann Kaiser, Vanderbilt University; Kenneth Michael Brooks, Northwestern University; Carol Trivette, East Tennessee State University; Jennifer Frey, The George Washington University; Erin Barton, Vanderbilt University
Interventions for Promoting Children’s Language Implemented in Child Care and Early Intervention Programs - Presenting Author: Dale Walker, University of Kansas; Samantha Sepulveda, University of Kansas; Erika Hoff, Florida Atlantic University; Meredith Rowe, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ilene Schwartz, University of Washington; Philip S Dale, University of New Mexico; Carla Peterson, College of Human Sciences Iowa State University; Karen Diamond, Purdue University; Kathryn Bigelow, University of Kansas; Helen H Raikes, University of Nebraska; Susan Levine, University of Chicago; Barbara Wasik, University of North Carolina
Caregivers as Interventionists in Early Childhood: Training Methods and Outcomes - Presenting Author: Howard Goldstein, University of South Florida; Christa Haring, University of South Florida; Louise Kaczmarek, University of Pittsburgh; Jay Buzhardt, University of Kansas; Jenny Brown, University of Georgia; Susan Sandall, University of Washington; Rachel Gwin, University of Pittsburgh; Mollie Romano, Florida State University; Kelly Windsor, Florida State University; Ciera Loria, Florida State University; Alexandra Robertson, Vanderbilt University
Synthesizing Studies Examining Cultural and Linguistic Factors in Language-Promoting Intervention - Presenting Author: Anne L Larson, Utah State University; Judith Carta, University of Kansas; Carol Scheffner Hammer, Columbia University; Zhe An, University of Kansas; Lauren Cycyk, University of Oregon; Yuuko Uchikoshi, University of California, Davis; Melissa Baralt, Florida International University
Synthesizing our Knowledge about Community- and Population-Level Interventions to Promote Children’s Language - Presenting Author: Scott R McConnell, University of Minnesota; Anne L Larson, Utah State University; Dana Suskind, University of Chicago
Automated Measurement of Natural Language: A Synthesis of Research Employing Language ENvironment Analysis Technology - Presenting Author: Alana Schnitz, University of Kansas-Juniper Gardens Children's Project; Charles Greenwood, Juniper Gardens Children's Project/University of Kansas; Dwight Irvin, Juniper Gardens Children's Project/University of Kansas; Shu-Fei Tsai, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science