The Effect of Parent Training Using EMT en Espanol (in Spanish) on the Ability of Monolingual Spanish-Speaking Parents to Use Matched Turns During Parent-Child Interactions

The Spanish-speaking population is rapidly growing and needs evidence-based interventions that work within the culture to promote language development in children with a language impairment or delay. The migrant Spanish-speaking population is a subculture that is rarely included in this type of research; therefore, it is unknown if evidence-based interventions that are effective in the Spanish-speaking population would be just as effective in the migrant population. Method: This single-subject investigation was implemented to determine if Enhanced Milieu Teaching in Spanish (EMT en Espanol) is effective in training Spanish-speaking migrant parents/caregivers in using matched turns when engaging in everyday activities with their children.