Parent stress appears to be associated with child expressive language abilities and not affected by a parent-implemented communication intervention

Abstract

This review provides a summary and appraisal commentary on the treatment review by Smith, A. L., Romski, M. A., Sevcik, R. A., Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (2011). Parent stress and its relation to parent perceptions of communication following parent-coached language intervention. Journal of Early Intervention, 33, 135–150.

Source of funding and disclosure of interest: This study was supported by a grant from National Institutes of Health, DC-03799; the original authors of this research report no conflicts of interest.

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Declaration of interest: The commentary author reports no conflicts of interest and is solely responsible for the content and writing of this structured abstract.