Parental Perceptions of Children’s Communicative Development at Stuttering Onset
Parental Perceptions of Children’s Communicative Development at Stuttering Onset
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2000-10
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein
Silverman, Stacy
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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
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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.