Föräldrars sätt att kommunicera med sina barn före och efter KomIGång-kommunikationskurs
Tidig interventionResponsiv kommunikationsstilAlternativ och kompletterande kommunikationFöräldrautbildningKommunikativ funktionsnedsättningEarly interventionResponsive communication styleAugmentative and alternative communicationParental educationCommunicative disability
The purpose of the study was to examine if parents' way ofcommunicating with their children changed after participation in ComAlongcommunicationcourse, and if changes remained over time. The studyinvolved 39 parents of 25 children with communicative disabilities. 33 of theparents had participated in ComAlong, the other six had not participated, buthad a partner who had participated in the course. Video recorded parentchildinteraction was analyzed and coded with the instrumentKOMMUNIKATIV. Results showed that parents used a significantly moreresponsive communication style and used significantly more augmentativeand alternative communication after ComAlong. This result remained in afollow-up investigation. Parents who had not participated in ComAlongdemonstrated no such change. The study suggests that ComAlong may beassociated with a positive communication change for parents of childrenwith communicative disabilities.