TITLE:
Measuring the Effect That the Partners’ Dialogic Reading Program Has on Preschool Children’s Expressive Language
AUTHORS:
Diana Brannon, Linda Dauksas, Nancy Coleman, Laura Israelson, Tionia Williams
KEYWORDS:
Dialogic Reading; Parent Involvement; Preschool Expressive Language
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.4 No.9B,
September
30,
2013
ABSTRACT: The effect the Parents as Reading Partners
Nightly Encouraging Reading Success (PARTNERS) Dialogic Reading Program had on
preschool children’s expressive language was studied. Researchers found that
the videotaped training and materials were successful at increasing the
expressive language skills of preschool children classified as “at risk”. Other
program benefits such as increased time spent on reading and talking between parents and their children
were also found.