Family Engagement By Maddy Simmons Jordan Oliver Alyssa
Family Engagement By: Maddy Simmons, Jordan Oliver, Alyssa Di. Marino, and Grace Wagner
Family Engagement Defined. . . According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway (n. d. ), “Family Engagement refers to the systematic inclusion of families in activities and programs that promote children’s development, learning, and wellness, including in planning, development, and evaluation”
Why is Family Engagement Important? ● One of the most important reasons for Family Engagement, according to Ruth Stoeckel, Ph. D, CCC-SLP, is that reinforcement at home can lead to motivation or increased motivation of the child ● Vygotskian Perspective ○ States that understanding and learning language comes from interacting with other people ● While service systems and professionals change, parents/caregivers usually remain constant ● Parents/Caregivers can help the SLP understand the child’s personality and how well they’re able to do certain things independently (functional status) ● For a bilingual child, the parent can be a good role model of the second language that the SLP may not be able to speak (Stoeckel, n. d. )
Target Population for Family Engagement ● Family Engagement works really well for younger children ● Does not work as well for older children (adolescents etc. ) ○ This is the age where most children want to distance themselves from parents ○ Brenda Gorman, the SLP in a video we watched, made a good point in saying that “some adolescents don’t even want their parents in the same room, let alone a therapy session” (Lingua. Health, 2012). ● However, the SLP does have to assess how the child responds, how the parent interacts, and if it is really helpful to the goals trying to be achieved (Lingua. Health, 2012)
Family Engagement and Language Development Dale et al (2015) found that: ● Parents play a critical role in their child’s language development and proficiency: ○ Children achieve higher language levels when they have access to more parental input and involvement ■ Children must learn through all social contexts in order to properly develop vocabulary and language structure ○ Children that are read to and spoken with a great deal during early childhood have larger vocabularies and better grammar than those who aren’t ■ Poor oral skills = Poor literacy skills = poor academic achievement
Family Engagement and Literacy In a longitudinal study conducted by Dearing et al. (2004), it was found that: ● High levels of family engagement from K through 5 th grade predicted children’s gains in literacy ● Changes in family engagement overtime is associated with changes in children's literacy performance. ○ ● More involved the parent = increase in child’s literacy performance Family involvement increases children's positive feelings about literacy, which then improves their literacy performance. ● School context predicts family involvement, which in turn predicts children's literacy achievement.
How is Family Engagement Implemented? ● ● ● Invite the parent or family member into therapy session Discussing at-home involvement with the family Recognizing that it’s a group effort between the family and the SLP Having an emotional connection with the client and family Checking back with the parent/family to ensure practice at home is being implemented (Online Speech Language Pathology Graduate Programs, 2020)
Article on Family Engagement in Literacy Programs ❖ Studies shows that family literacy programs can be beneficial to a child’s language and literacy development and success ❖ This study was broken up into two groups: parent-child VS parent-parent ❖ “This study focuses on parents’ experiences as participants in a family literacy program. Specifically, it examines parents’ motivation to participate, their expectations of the program and their valuation of the program including their perceptions of change in themselves and/or their children. ” ❖ Once parents were taught how to intervene and interact with their children at home many parents say that the relationship between them and their child changed ❖ “Giving parents a choice of program types may be the ideal approach; however in practice it may be necessary to choose one model” (Doyle & Yang, 2011). ❖ Parent-child model had a higher success rate overall since the parent and child can first practice techniques with practitioner then continue at home ❖ Unlike parent-parent model, that didn’t get to enforce techniques until at home (Doyle & Yang, 2011)
Quiz Time! Quizziz
Quiz Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. To learn proper language structure and vocabulary, children must◆ Learn the language in all social contexts How can parents increase their child's oral development? ◆ By talking to them and interacting with their child frequently What happens when parents are involved in their child’s literacy development? ◆ All of the above The family engagement strategy typically works well for◆ Young children According to research, strong development of the home language◆ Is beneficial to the development of another language Which best describes the Vygotskian approach? ◆ Children learn language through social interactions such as daily routines Check all that apply: Family engagement is implemented by◆ Working together as a team with the SLP. , family, and child/client; have the family participate in intervention strategies at home; connecting emotionally between all parties involved What is the SLP’s role when the parent is being disruptive during service-delivery? ◆ Council and give suggestions for appropriate parent-child interactions
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