ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2026
Questions Matter: Investigating the Role of Caregiver Interactions in Children With Down Syndrome.
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purposePast research on interactions between parents and their children with Down syndrome (DS) has focused on mothers as the communication partner, despite fathers also frequently interacting with their children. This exploratory study examined mother and father question-asking behaviors during dyadic interactions with their children with DS and included preliminary observations of children's responsiveness to capture the bidirectional nature of interaction.
methodParticipants included 15 children with DS (
resultsMothers asked significantly more questions than fathers, including more open-ended, closed-ended, and rhetorical questions, as well as specific subtypes of closed-ended questions. Within individual family units, mothers asked more questions than fathers in 10 of the 15 families studied. Exploratory observations of child responses suggested that responsiveness varied across dyads. Parental questioning behaviors were associated with children's NVDQs and chronological age, but not language ability.
conclusionResults underscore the importance of including both parents in language interventions for children with DS and suggest that parents naturally adjust their questioning strategies based on children's NVDQs and chronological age rather than language skills. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.31842937.
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