This study tested the effect of a method of facilitating prelinguistic communication on parents'
responsivity and children's communication and productive language development. The …

Four children with mental retardation were studied in the context of a multiple baseline
across subjects design. Staff members used a modified version of the milieu teaching …

Family systems theory posits that the relative effectiveness of early interventions will vary
depending on various aspects of the family. This study tested whether maternal responsivity …

Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of a 6-month course of responsivity education/prelinguistic
milieu teaching (RE/PMT) for children with developmental delay and RE/PMT's effects on …

Very little research has focused on the development and evaluation of intervention
strategies designed to facilitate the acquisition of prelinguistic communication skills. We …

The interactive model of language intervention instructs parents to use techniques that
promote reciprocal social interactions and facilitate the development of communication and …

This paper tests whether two prelinguistic communication interventions have a differential
effect on productive and receptive language development 6 and 12 months after the end of …

An experimental test of whether intentional communication elicits maternal responses
purported to facilitate language development is presented. Fifty-eight prelinguistic children …

The authors evaluated the effects of a home-based parent training program for mothers with
mental retardation on the language development of their children who were at risk for …

Purpose To evaluate the longitudinal effects of a 6-month course of responsivity education
(RE)/prelinguistic milieu teaching (PMT) for young children with developmental delay …