Family-centered practices that build caregiver capacity are a central focus of early intervention services for young children with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of adapting the ‘Parents Interacting with Infants’ (PIWI) facilitated playgroup model to target effective communication strategies for parents of young children with communication delays. A concurrent multiple baseline across behaviors design with three parent–child dyads was used to determine the effects of the weekly facilitated playgroup model on parents’ successful implementation of communicative strategies and the effects on the children’s communication behaviors. Visual analysis revealed a functional relationship between the seven-week intervention and an increase in parent and child outcomes. Results support the feasibility of using a facilitated playgroup model to enhance parents’ ability to implement effective communication strategies with their children. Clinical implications and future directions for research are discussed.

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促进有沟通延迟的幼儿的言语和语言技能的促进游戏小组：一项试点研究

建立照顾者能力的以家庭为中心的做法是残疾幼儿早期干预服务的核心重点。本研究的目的是评估采用“父母与婴儿互动”（PIWI）促进游戏组模型的可行性，以针对有沟通延迟的幼儿的父母制定有效的沟通策略。使用具有三个亲子二元组的跨行为设计的并发多基线来确定每周促进游戏小组模型对父母成功实施沟通策略的影响以及对儿童沟通行为的影响。视觉分析揭示了七周干预与父母和孩子结果增加之间的功能关系。结果支持使用便利游戏组模型来提高父母与孩子实施有效沟通策略的能力的可行性。讨论了临床意义和未来的研究方向。