Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Enhanced Milieu Teaching.

Purpose: Early language intervention is essential for children with indicators of language delay. Enhanced milieu teaching (EMT) is a naturalistic intervention that supports the language development of children with emerging language. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of all qualify...

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Published in:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 259 - 282
Main Authors: Kang, Veronica Y., Sunyoung Kim, Gregori, Emily V., Maggin, Daniel M., Chow, Jason C., Hongyang Zhao
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Published: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Jan2025
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          Kang, Veronica Y.
          Sunyoung Kim
          Gregori, Emily V.
          Maggin, Daniel M.
          Chow, Jason C.
          Hongyang Zhao
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          Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland, College Park
          Department of Special Education, University of Illinois Chicago
          Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
          University of California, Irvine
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        School environment
        Children with disabilities
        Teaching methods
        Early intervention (Education)
        Child development
        Communication
        Social skills
        Psychology of caregivers
        Language acquisition
        Cultural pluralism
        Child behavior
        Children
        Word deafness
        Educational outcomes
        Questionnaires
        Meta-analysis
        Descriptive statistics
        Systematic reviews
        Confidence intervals
        Psychology information storage & retrieval systems
        ERIC (Information retrieval system)
        Speech therapy
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          School environment
          Children with disabilities
          Teaching methods
          Early intervention (Education)
          Child development
          Communication
          Social skills
          Psychology of caregivers
          Language acquisition
          Cultural pluralism
          Child behavior
          Children
          Word deafness
          Educational outcomes
          Questionnaires
          Meta-analysis
          Descriptive statistics
          Systematic reviews
          Confidence intervals
          Psychology information storage & retrieval systems
          ERIC (Information retrieval system)
          Speech therapy
      ab: Purpose: Early language intervention is essential for children with indicators of language delay. Enhanced milieu teaching (EMT) is a naturalistic intervention that supports the language development of children with emerging language. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of all qualifying singlecase and group design studies that evaluate the experimental effects of EMT on child outcomes. Method: We evaluated the risk of bias in the included studies and conducted a descriptive analysis of study quality, effect sizes, and demographics. We reviewed a total of 29 single-case and 17 group design studies in which 1,590 children participated. Results: Out of 46 studies, 39 met the What Works Clearinghouse standards without reservations, showing low levels of risk of bias. The effects were comparable when EMT was implemented alone and when it was implemented with another intervention component, and EMT was more effective when implemented by caregivers than when implemented by therapists. Most studies did not report sufficient participant demographics. Conclusions: The EMT research literature published thus far is of high study quality; the effects across studies are comparable; and the intervention has been studied via a wide range of delivery modalities, contexts, implementers, and samples. Future research could systematically examine the effects of EMT and explore these varying intervention delivery, implementer, and learner characteristics as moderators.
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