I am examinating the parent-child interactions between parents & child (0 to 4 y) and assess 3 phases of communication (following the Hanen Center in Toronto): contact, interactions & the extend of stimulating communication skills in their child. Hereby we look at the skills of parents: sensitiveness & responsiveness, affection; let the child take the lead & follow the lead of the child; provide reinforced stimulation (exaggerated facial expressions, stressing target words, use gestures and movement to accompany verbal language, ect.). To measure the validity of our instrument, it would be very interesting to measure the concurrent validity with your instrument. Best regards, Mie
Good Morning! I think the Attentional Function Index can help you in your research because it can measure how the person assesses his functioning in specified situations which require concentration. There are questions related with getting started and finished activities, decisions, irritability, etc.. Parents can live this kind of situations and the demanding attention situations that they live can interfere in their capacity to direct attention that is essential for the performance in activities of daily living. This instrument was elaborated by Cimprick B (1992) in English language. We made the cross cultural adaptation and validated it to Brazilian culture. Best regards, Carla.
Dear Carla Klava
Thanks for your reaction! I think the Attentional Function Index is not about interactions between parents and their baby/infant and the early communication skills of the very young children, or did I misunderstood your message?
Is it useful for the assessment of the interaction style of the parents or the communication skills of the child?
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