Training Caregivers to Teach Vocabulary to Children With Language Impairment

NCT07519629 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 2161898U54MD012388
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Spanish-speaking caregivers can learn to teach science vocabulary to their children with the use and educational app and a short training video with target words. The children will take language, speech, and hearing tests, as well as science and vocabulary pretests with a speech-language pathologist. You will be asked to answer some questions about your language use in the house and other places. If you and your child qualify for the study, the researcher will randomly place you a group to 1) use the app, or 2) use books. Since you are chosen at random, there is no way of knowing which group you and your child will be in before you start. Participants will take part in an 11-week study (3 weeks of testing at the beginning, middle, and end of study, and 8 weeks of intervention). The testing will be conducted in a place that is comfortable for your child (home, school, university clinic). The intervention can be done at home (researchers will not be present for this part of the study, but we will be available to support you or answer questions). We want you to play (group 1) or read (group 2) with your child two times a week (\~30 minutes) and send the audio recording of your interaction to our researchers.

Conditions

Developmental Language Disorder

Keywords

caregiver intervention; bilingual; implementation science; vocabulary

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Caregiver fidelity

  Caregivers will use target vocabulary words a specified number of times during science activity with their child, as measured by review of audio recorded sessions.

  11 weeks

• Improved Tier-2 vocabulary for children

  Children will be tested at baseline, mid intervention, and post intervention to determine if target vocabulary words were learned during caregiver provided intervention.

  11 weeks

• Modify intervention and training

  Barriers and facilitators of teaching caregivers robust vocabulary intervention will be recorded and coded from caregiver focus group responses.

  11 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Caregiver delivered vocabulary intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Caregivers will be trained to teach target vocabulary to their child during science activities

Behavioral: Robust vocabulary intervention

Caregiver-child book sharing

NO INTERVENTION

Caregivers will read books on target science concepts twice a week with their child

Interventions

Robust vocabulary intervention BEHAVIORAL

Caregivers will be trained to teach target vocabulary to their children

Caregiver delivered vocabulary intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children:
• age (4-6) and not have completed kindergarten prior to pretesting
• pass a hearing screening to rule out hearing loss as a cause for language impairment
• speak Spanish at least 50% of their day reported in BIOS
• have a confirmed diagnosis of DLD via the BESA
• not have a diagnosis of intellectual disability via Matrices subtest or social communication disorder via Social Communication Questionnaire
• be able to speak with at least 3-word utterances
• Caregivers:
• have access to a smart phone
• spend time with the child participant daily
• speak fluent Spanish

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northern Arizona University: lead
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

NAU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic

Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Language Development Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Language Disorders; Communication Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Central Study Contacts

Lindsey A Hiebert, Ph.D.

CONTACT

928-523-2109; Lindsey.Hiebert@nau.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 27, 2026
• First Posted: April 9, 2026
• Study Start: February 23, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027
• Last Updated: April 9, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations

US (1)