Effects of Read It Again! In Early Childhood Special Education Classrooms as Compared to Regular Shared Book Reading

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-243
Author(s):  
Shayne B. Piasta ◽  
Brook Sawyer ◽  
Laura M. Justice ◽  
Ann A. O’Connell ◽  
Hui Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Early Childhood Special Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Book Reading ◽  
Shared Book Reading ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Replication Studies ◽  
Language And Literacy Instruction

Read It Again! PreK (RIA) is a whole-class, teacher-implemented intervention that embeds explicit language and literacy instruction within the context of shared book reading and has prior evidence of supporting the language and literacy skills of preschool children. We conducted a conceptual replication to test its efficacy when implemented in early childhood special education classrooms relative to regular shared book reading. The randomized controlled trial involved 109 teachers and 726 children (341 with disabilities and 385 peers). Compared to the rigorous counterfactual condition, RIA significantly increased teachers’ provision of explicit instruction targeting phonological awareness, print knowledge, narrative, and vocabulary during shared book readings but had limited impact on children’s language and literacy skills. Findings underscore the need to conduct replication studies to identify interventions that realize effects for specific populations of interest, such as children with disabilities served in early childhood special education classrooms.

Empirically Based Profiles of the Early Literacy Skills of Children With Language Impairment in Early Childhood Special Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 482-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Justice ◽  
Jessica Logan ◽  
Joan Kaderavek ◽  
Mary Beth Schmitt ◽  
Virginia Tompkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Early Childhood Special Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Early Literacy Skills

Immediate effect of dialogic reading on interactive quality of book sharing among Chinese preschool mother–child dyads

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Huilin Luo ◽  
Yongyan Zhou ◽  
Lixing Zhong ◽  
Jialin Lai
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Group ◽  
Home Literacy Environment ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Dialogic Reading ◽  
Book Reading ◽  
Shared Book Reading ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Book Sharing ◽  
Reading Session

Shared book reading is often used as an educational tool to promote the development of children’s early language and literacy skills. This study aimed to describe and compare the linguistic features of parent–child interactions during two shared book-reading sessions among 45 children (aged 4–6 years old) and their mothers. The dyads were divided into 2 groups: the intervention group ( n = 25), and the control group ( n = 20). In the first reading session, mothers read with their children the way they were most comfortable with and as they would usually do at home. Before the second reading session, we provided a 30-minute intervention on strategies of dialogic reading to the intervention group. Both readings were video-recorded. Mothers completed home literacy environment questionnaires. The results showed that even for mothers who were initially very skillful at reading with their children, this immediate intervention promoted a number of aspects of interactivity between mothers and their children, namely, the number of utterances, completion, open-ended, closed and labeling questions, and type token ratio by mothers, the number of utterances and initiated talk by children, and extra-textual talk and total number of turns by both mother and child. Mothers who received the intervention demonstrated more flexibility and more discursive styles, even though the intervention was short, and the time for them to practice was minimal.

Association between teachers’ shared book reading strategies and children’s vocabulary development in rural China preschools

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-193
Author(s):  
Kunlei He ◽  
Yiran Z Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Book Reading ◽  
Shared Book Reading ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Textual Strategies

Shared book reading is among the most common activities in preschools and is a key teaching practice to improve children’s language and literacy skills. The purpose of this research is to investigate the association between teachers’ shared book reading strategies and preschoolers’ language skills in rural China. We coded shared book reading class videos of 10 village-level kindergarten classrooms and divided teachers’ strategies into two categories – textual and extratextual strategies. This study analyzed the correlation between teachers’ choice of shared book reading strategies and children’s language skills among 10 teachers and 94 children. We found that teachers’ use of textual strategies was a strong predictor of children’s language skills. Implications for teaching skills during shared book reading in rural China preschools are discussed.

scholarly journals Sustained effects of an early childhood language and literacy intervention through second grade: Longitudinal findings of the SPELL trial in Denmark

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258287
Author(s):  
Dorthe Bleses ◽  
Philip S. Dale ◽  
Laura Justice ◽  
Anders Højen ◽  
Benedicte D. Vind ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Intervention ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Intervention Effects

Predictive relations between language and literacy skills during the preschool years and children’s future reading achievement are well-documented, leading to development and evaluation of preschool interventions targeting early skill development. Although educational researchers have developed and found some positive short- and mid-term effects of language and literacy intervention supplements implemented in early childhood education (ECE) settings, fade-out is a concern. Most studies have targeted children experiencing risk, rather than a more representative sample. Additionally, there are very few studies of long-term intervention effects, and heterogeneity of long-term effects has not been well described. In the present study, we build on initial reports of one of the largest studies of a language and literacy intervention supplement, the SPELL randomized controlled trial implemented as part of the universal ECE system in Denmark. SPELL was delivered to an unselected sample of children at 3–5 years of age (n = 7,076). Results of the base intervention (SPELL) and two enhanced versions featuring extended professional development for teachers (SPELL+PD) or an add-on home-based program for parents (SPELL+HOME) showed short-term effects for literacy outcomes for all children for all SPELL conditions compared to business as usual (BAU). In this follow-up study, we utilized follow-up assessments of 2,700 SPELL 4-5-year-old participants with national reading tests in second grade. The main analyses based on the whole sample showed no significant differences in reading scores in second grade for those in any of the three SPELL conditions relative to the BAU condition. However, moderation analyses demonstrated heterogeneity in intervention effects with children whose mothers had low-mid education showing sustained and mostly large-sized effects. Other risk factors, including income and immigrant background, and condition interacted with at least one outcome variables. These findings suggest that at-risk children in some cases derive long-term benefits from early language and literacy intervention enhancing learning opportunities in ECE settings.

Legal Issues in Early Childhood Special Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 104420732110231
Author(s):  
Susan Larson Etscheidt ◽  
Stephanie L. Schmitz ◽  
Andi M. Edmister
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Transition Planning ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Early Childhood Special Education ◽  
Educational Planning ◽  
Professional Collaboration ◽  
Education Act

Family and professional collaboration is beneficial to students, families, and educators. The importance of such collaboration was recognized for families of students with disabilities, resulting in provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) which ensure parental participation in educational planning. Despite the benefits of family and professional collaboration and IDEA mandate, many parents disagree with the educational planning decisions provided to their children and request due process hearings. Parents perceive a lack of opportunity to provide input and/or to disagree with schools’ perspectives. Parents of early childhood students report significant concerns about their child’s readiness for the transition to kindergarten and their limited role in transition planning as their children prepared to enter preschool programs. The purpose of this article was to examine the issues identified in parental complaints in early childhood special education (ECSE) through a qualitative content analysis of recent court cases. The results revealed six themes related to current issues in ECSE programs. We conclude with several recommendations for state policy makers to improve services in ECSE based on the DEC Recommended Practices.

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