Involvement of Parents in Child Language, Intervention

Do social interactions between children and parental involvement help foster language development in six-year-old autistic children? I feel that this topic is very important because autism now affects one in 88 children, autism is the fastest growing serious developmental disability in the U.S, boys are five times more likely to get it than girls, and only 58% of students with autism finish high school. Not just that but there is still no information found on what are the causes of autism (Autism

created six types of involvement that these activities should revolve around to aid family engagement. The six types are: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decisions making, and collaborating with the community. Joyce’s framework is a guide for educators to create ways that will allow family engagement in the classroom. This framework helps to create an inclusive environment for all families, which is beneficial for the school, the classroom and the child. After discussing

indicated that parental involvement is important to the success of various educational and intervention programs (Granger, Rivieres-Pigeeon, Sabourin & Forget, 2012; Hastings & Johnson, 2001; Neymotin, 2013; Solish & Perry, 2008). The National Research Council Report (2001) strongly recommends parental involvement in autism interventions. Additionally, in his 1987 study, Lovaas required that parents apply no less than 10 hours per week of the intensive behavioral intervention (IBI) program with their

have demonstrated that environmental enrichment or deprivation can respectively have positive and negative effects on child behavior and development (Blacher, Horner, Odom & Snell, 2007). Hence, early intervention is beneficial in order to optimize the development outcomes of infants and toddlers with disabilities or those who are at risk. The goal and purpose of early intervention practice is to enhance the development and social emotional functioning of infants and toddlers, while lessening the

Introduction Parent involvement is a valuable factor in any student’s education. A parent is a child’s first educator; therefore, it is the responsibilities of the parents and/or guardians to prepare children for reading instruction before entering the classroom. During the ages from birth to 8-years-old are critical for learning development, specifically in literacy. A longitudinal study conducted by Froiland, Peterson & Davison (2013) shows the effects of parent involvement in promoting children’s

Literature Review The following literature presented aimed to highlight the influence of sociocultural factors in the overall experience of those most impacted by autism. Since autism spectrum disorder includes a variety of symptoms, one cannot ignore a family’s social and cultural views that often dictate how these specific set of experiences are felt during the diagnosis and the treatment phases of autism. The literature contained several references that focused on the influences of these experiences;

Parent involvement as a tool in intervention strategies is a resource that needs to be used more frequently when working with children with autism. The roll of the parent in autism interventions strategies such as Pivotal Response Training (PRT), allows the child the greatest form of reinforcement and interaction in that of their parent. This consistence resource needs to be utilized when implementing intervention strategies for a child with autism. The lack of verbal communication is strong among

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a form of help for general education teachers to identify early signs of learning issues to determine which students may need special education services. The Federal law requires documentation of a student’s intervention, before students are eligible for special education services. Also, it is useful for a student’s Individual Education Program (IEP) records, because after interventions the school can document which types of services and support a student needs,

issue as early as when children are in preschools (Gorski, P. C., 2007). Parent involvement is a major indicator for child success. Parent involvement in a child’s education conveys the message that school is a valued institution and learning is important to their family. Research shows that children who have actively involved parents in their education demonstrated positive learning outcomes in literacy. Additionally, when parents are actively involved, they may establish a trusting and understanding

services from speech-language pathologist. Early signs of a language disorder may include the following: lack of smiling and interaction as an infant, decreased babbling, decreased use of gestures, decreased understanding of what others say, lack of vocabulary acquisition, poor socialization with adults and children, does not begin putting two words together to make sentences, and poor early reading and writing skills (ASHA). Speech-language therapy is implemented to foster language skills to the point