The purpose of the present study was to determine if naturalistic language intervention could be effective in a Child and Youth Care Center (CYCC) in South Africa to prevent and to treat potential impairments in orphan's communication. In the study, the communication styles of Zulu Child and Youth Care Workers (CYCW) were explored. Given the cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic barriers associated with the intervention, the study also aimed to ascertain the challenges to providing language rich opportunities in residential care programs. A single case, multiple baseline design across participants was employed to determine the effectiveness of coaching on CYCWs' frequency of language facilitation strategy use. Qualitative analyses were employed to identify participant characteristics, barriers to implementation and to assess the study's social validity. Despite barriers to implementation, the CYCWs made changes in their style of communication that have been shown to be more supportive of children's early language learning. Coaching use of language facilitation (LF) strategies was found to be socially valid for use in this CYCC in Durban, South Africa. This study demonstrates the viability of coaching CYCWs to embed LF strategies within daily routines. Key words: orphans, language development, coaching, multiple risks, South Africa, naturalistic language strategie / A Dissertation submitted to the School of Communication in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester 2015. / July 9, 2015. / Child and Youth Care Workers, Coaching, Language Interventoion, Multiple Risks, Orphan / Includes bibliographical references. / Carla Wood, Professor Directing Dissertation; Michael Kaschak, University Representative; Leonard L. Lapointe, Committee Member; Stephen McDowell, Committee Member; Shannon Hall-Mills, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_253207 |
| Contributors | Callender, Maya F. (authoraut), Wood, Carla (professor directing dissertation), Kaschak, Michael P. (university representative), LaPointe, Leonard L. (committee member), McDowell, Stephen D. (committee member), Hall-Mills, Shannon S. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Communication and Information (degree granting college), School of Communication Science and Disorders (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (73 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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