Parental Perceptions of Children’s Communicative Development at Stuttering Onset

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Files
ratnersilverman.pdf(125.2 KB)
No. of downloads: 2826
Publication or External Link
Date
2000-10
Authors
Ratner, Nan Bernstein
Silverman, Stacy
Advisor
Citation
Bernstein Ratner, N. & Silverman, S. (2000). Parental perceptions of children's communicative development at stuttering onset. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 43, 1252-1263
DRUM DOI
Abstract
There has been clinical speculation that parents of young stuttering children have expectations of their children’s communication abilities that are not well-matched to the children’s actual skills. We appraised the language abilities of 15 children close to the onset of stuttering symptoms and 15 age-, sex-, and SES-matched fluent children using an array of standardized tests and spontaneous language sample measures. Parents concurrently completed two parent-report measures of the children’s communicative development. Results indicated generally depressed performance on all child speech and language measures by the children who stutter. Parent report was closely attuned to child performance for the stuttering children; parents of nonstuttering children were less accurate in their predictions of children’s communicative performance. Implications for clinical advisement to parents of stuttering children are discussed.
Notes
Rights