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ArticleJournal of child language2025

The complexity of opportunities to respond used by mothers and fathers of children with Down syndrome: A preliminary investigation.

Marianne Elmquist, Andrea L B Ford, Audra Sterling

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Article in Journal of child language, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Mothers' and Fathers' Recode Use With Young Children With Down Syndrome.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2026
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Authors and funding

3 authors.

Marianne ElmquistWaisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4815-4626
Andrea L B FordCommunication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0213-526X
Audra SterlingWaisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-9288

Funding

Waisman Center Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research CenterP50HD105353 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Brittany Gail Travers · 2021 to 2026
$8.5M
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING IN MENTAL RETARDATION RESEARCHT32HD007489 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Sigan L Hartley · 1995 to 2026
$6.0M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development P50HD105353Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development T32HD007489NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105353NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caregiver-child interactions are commonly used to examine children's language learning environment. However, few studies consider interaction configurations beyond dyadic interactions or explore the conceptual complexity of caregiver talk. Thus, we examined if the complexity of a caregiver's opportunities to respond (OTR) varied when sampled across three interaction configurations. Our study included twelve preschool-aged children with Down syndrome and both of their biological parents. Our preliminary findings suggest no differences in mothers' and fathers' frequency of OTRs across complexity levels during dyadic interactions. However, caregivers produced fewer OTRs across complexity levels during family choice than dyadic interactions.

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Down SyndromeFather-Child RelationsFathersMother-Child RelationsMothersAdultCaregiversChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMalecaregiver-child interactionsDown syndromeopportunities to respond

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PMID39327851
PMCPMC11946924

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