L. Brook Sawyer

The purpose of this project is to adapt and test whether Parents Plus (P+), an online parent-implemented intervention, accelerates the language development of preschoolers with developmental language disorder (DLD). During the COVID-19 pandemic, significant disruptions in preschool intervention and speech-language therapy services occurred across the nation. These disruptions greatly impacted the language development of preschoolers with DLD, which will likely impact their future academic ac...

The purpose of this project is to develop and pilot test an intervention aimed at improving the language outcomes of preschool children with language impairment (LI) by teaching parents to use evidence-based strategies with their children. LI is the most common disability during the preschool years. Although children with LI receive speech-language services in a preschool setting, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) do not have time to train parents to support their children's language abili...

The purpose of this project is to develop and pilot test Parents Plus en Español (P+E), a parent-implemented intervention that is designed to improve Spanish language outcomes for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) through parent (or caregiver) use of focused stimulation, an evidenced-based language facilitating technique. More than 40% of preschoolers with disabilities are diagnosed with DLD and require high-quality language services; yet, Spanish-speaking children with DL...