Telling Stories and Making Books: Evidence for an Intervention to Help Parents in Migrant Head Start Families Support Their Children's Language and Literacy
Telling Stories and Making Books: Evidence for an Intervention to Help Parents in Migrant Head Start Families Support Their Children's Language and Literacy
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DOI：
10.1080/10409281003631142
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Ortiz, Eduardo
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作者：
Boyce, Lisa K.;Innocenti, Mark S.;Ortiz, Eduardo
研究发现：在这项研究中，75名讲西班牙语的学龄前儿童（M年龄= 41.43个月，SD = 10.78个月; 30名女孩）参加了移民的头启动计划随机分配到接收的故事，家庭丰富的语言和识字技能（SHELLS）除了他们的头启动服务（n = 32）或继续接受他们的典型的头启动服务（n = 43）。在干预前后评估了母亲的语言支持行为、家庭语言和识字环境以及儿童在共同叙述过程中使用的单词总数和不同单词总数。与对照组的母亲相比，SHELLS组的母亲更有可能增加语言启发策略的使用以及家庭语言和识字环境的质量。与对照组的儿童相比，SHELLS组的儿童更有可能从前测到后测增加共享叙述中的总单词和不同单词的数量。实践或政策：这些结果表明，这种对文化敏感的、以优势为基础的家庭干预措施可以成功地支持面临贫困、语言和移民等多重挑战的家庭的儿童语言和识字能力。
Research Findings: In this study, 75 Spanish-speaking preschoolers (M age = 41.43 months, SD = 10.78 months; 30 girls) attending a Migrant Head Start program were randomly assigned to receive the Storytelling for the Home Enrichment of Language and Literacy Skills (SHELLS) in addition to their Head Start services (n = 32) or to continue to receive their typical Head Start services (n = 43). Mothers' language-supporting behavior and home language and literacy environment as well as children's total number of words and total number of different words used during a shared narrative were assessed before and after the intervention. Mothers in the SHELLS group, compared with mothers in the comparison group, were significantly more likely to increase their use of language elicitation strategies and the quality of their home language and literacy environment. Children in the SHELLS group, compared with children in the comparison group, were significantly more likely to increase the number of total words and different words in the shared narratives from pretest to posttest. Practice or Policy: These results suggest that this culturally sensitive, strengths-based family intervention can be successful in supporting children's language and literacy with families who face multiple challenges related to poverty, language, and migration.