Dynamics of speech development for young children with delayed speech development in the conditions of parent involvement in speech therapy
Authors:   Vyatka State University, Gorodilova Svetlana A. , Sheshukova Natalya N. ,   Vyatka State University, Boginskaya Iuliia V. ,   V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Lukovenko Tatyana G. ,   Pacific State University
Published: July 2023

Introduction. The need for speech development of young children with delayed speech development is indicated in theoretical and practical studies as prevention of the risk of general speech underdevelopment. The aim of the study is to assess the dynamics of speech development for young children with delayed speech development in the conditions of parent involvement in speech therapy work for the prevention of general speech underdevelopment. Materials and methods. The study involved 88 young children with delayed speech development at the age of 2.4 ± 0.3 years, 88 parents at the age of 25 ± 3 years. The following research methods and techniques were used: Psychological and Pedagogical Diagnostics of Early and Preschool Age Children Development by Strebeleva, E.A., The Methodology of Studying the Prerequisites for the Formation of Young Children’s Speech by Gerasimenko, Yu.V., Diagnostics of Mental Development Level for Children from 0 to 3 by Smirnova, E.O., questionnaire revealing readiness of parents for speech therapy work by Borodina, V. A., Vasilyeva, K. S.; statistical processing was carried out using the Student’s t–test. Results. The data obtained allowed us to note that a low level of articulatory motor skills and fine motor skills, a low level of impressive and expressive speech prevails among young children with delayed speech development (DSD). The survey of parents showed a low level of information readiness and an average level of motivational readiness to be included in the remedial and developmental process. Significant changes in the speech development of young children in the experimental group (tempEG=7.744; p>0.001) occurred after the application of a specially developed programme, provided that parents were involved in the prevention of general speech underdevelopment of young children with delayed speech development, whereas for children in the control group the dynamics was less pronounced (tempCG=2.571; p>0.05). This fact proves the effectiveness of the implemented speech therapy work with young children to overcome the risk of general speech underdevelopment, provided that parents are involved in the speech therapy process. Conclusion. The data obtained in the study of speech development features of young children with delayed speech development allow us to state that the effectiveness of early speech therapy increased after the involvement of parents in speech therapy work to prevent general speech underdevelopment due to the activation of independent speech, the development of articulatory and fine motor skills, the development of passive and active vocabulary, as well as the formation of coherent speech. The results of the experimental study can become the basis for the development of a comprehensive programme of early care for children at risk for the occurrence of general speech underdevelopment and professional development programmes for specialists, working in early remedial care.