Duet 2.0 Starting the Conversation: A New Intervention Model to Stimulate Language Growth in Underserved Populations

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Conditions studied: Language Development, Language, Child, Early Intervention

In brief

Caregiver-child language interactions in the first three years of life predict early language development, school readiness, and academic achievement. Despite the importance of these factors, there are disparities in the frequency and quality of children's early language interactions. Although there is within-group variability, children from low-income families, on average, have fewer and lower-quality language experiences than their middle- or high-income peers. The current study addresses a need in the community for an early language intervention accessible to low-income families who speak Spanish. This study will build upon research conducted in a previous study, "Enhancing the Communication Foundation-The Duet Project", by piloting the English and Spanish modules with families through a light-touch, remote intervention delivery model. Temple University Health System's Department of Pediatrics will aid in identifying participants. Baseline and follow-up measures will be used to evaluate caregiver knowledge of child development, psychosocial perceptions, demographics, caregiver-child language interaction quality, and child language skills. It is hypothesized that dyads who receive the intervention will make greater gains in early interaction quality, knowledge of child development, and child language skills than the delayed-access control group. This work has the potential to shape early intervention design and implementation for people in underserved communities across the country.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT04692519
Run by: Temple University
People needed: 200
Starts: 2020-12-18
Expected to finish: 2023-06-01
Last updated by the study team: 2022-05-12

Who can join

Age: 1 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

To be included in this study, Caregivers (Control and Intervention Groups)
Caregivers must:
Live in a zip code that is within a 30-mile radius of Weiss Hall at Temple University
Be 18;0 years of age or older
Be a parent or legal guardian of participating child
Speak English and/or Spanish (at least 80% of the time)
Read English and/or Spanish "well" or "very well"
Have weekly access to phone or internet
Have adequate visual abilities to participate in the study (per participant report)
Have no hearing impairment or loss (per participant report) OR if some hearing impairment or loss, have received amplification (e.g., hearing aid, cochlear implants) and speak spoken (e.g., not signed) language as their primary mode of communication (per participant report).
Qualify as Low-Socioeconomic Status (Low-SES), which is defined as, being at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline (FPG) and having no more than a 4-year college degree
To be included in this study, children (Control and Intervention Groups) must:
a. Be between 12 and 30 months at baseline b. Be Spanish and/or English learners (at least 80% of the time), as defined by c. Have already acquired verbal or non-verbal intentional language (e.g., gesture to get someone's attention and/or point to request and obtain a toy) and speak no more than three-word utterances (per caregiver report) d. Have adequate visual abilities to participate in the study (per caregiver report) e. Have no hearing impairment or loss (per caregiver report) OR if some hearing impairment or loss, have received amplification (e.g., hearing aid, cochlear implants) and be learning spoken (e.g., not signed) language as their primary mode of communication (per caregiver report).

Where it is running

Pediatrics Department at Temple University Health System — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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