It Takes Two to Talk® Study 8

Study on the effect of It Takes Two to Talk on child behaviour and social-emotional functioning

(Rose et al., 2019)

This Australian study used a single group, quasi-experimental pre-post design to examine changes in parents’ perceptions of their children’s behaviour and social-emotional skills, as well as improvements in parent-child interactions. 


Participants

  • It Takes Two to Talk (experimental) group
    121 child-parent dyads. Children were between 18 and 40 months of age
  • Control group
    There was no control group for this study


Results & Key Findings


Parents reported positive changes in their child’s “challenging” behaviours following participation in the It Takes Two to Talk Program.
  • Parents particularly reported significant reductions in four of ten child behaviours on the Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory after participating in the It Takes Two to Talk Program.
It Takes Two to Talk resulted in parents reporting fewer socio-emotional difficulties for their children.
  • Parents reported significant positive increases in their child’s social-emotional profile using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social Emotional following participation in the It Takes Two to Talk Program.
SLPs reported significant improvements in parents’ use of responsive interaction strategies
  • SLPs rated parents’ use of interaction- and language-promoting strategies via the Parent-Child Interaction Tool. Following participation in the It Takes Two to Talk Program, parents demonstrated significant increases in their use of all responsive strategies.