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Training Caregivers to Teach Vocabulary to Children With Language Impairment

This study is for Spanish-speaking children aged 4 to 6 years old who have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Researchers want to see if caregivers can learn to teach science vocabulary to their children. You would be trained using an educational app and a short video with target words. Children will take language, speech, hearing, science, and vocabulary tests. The study will measure if caregivers can successfully teach the vocabulary and if children improve their vocabulary after 11 weeks. If you qualify, you and your child will be randomly assigned to either use the app or use books for teaching. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 64 participants. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: using an app or using books.
What's involved
You will answer questions about language use. Your child will take language, speech, hearing, science, and vocabulary tests with a speech-language pathologist.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary outcomes will be measured at 11 weeks.

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NCT07519629

Training Caregivers to Teach Vocabulary to Children With Language Impairment

Recruiting
NAAges 4–6InterventionalTreatment
Northern Arizona University
~64 participants
Updated 2026-04-09 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Robust vocabulary intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Caregiver fidelity
Measured over 11 weeks
+2 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Developmental Language Disorder

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • NAU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic

    Flagstaff, Arizonastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Who to contact

Lindsey A Hiebert, Ph.D.
[email protected]
928-523-2109
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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
have access to a smart phone
spend time with the child participant daily
speak fluent Spanish

What this trial measures

  • Caregiver fidelity11 weeks

    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.

  • Improved Tier-2 vocabulary for children11 weeks

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

  • Modify intervention and training11 weeks

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