Harmonisation of Family Communications Between Mother and Child of Younger Preschool Age in Corrective Online Classes on Speech Development

Introduction. Harmonisation of family communication between mother and child of early preschool age is an important link in effective correction of children's speech development. Often, due to the remoteness of residence (village, abroad), parents turn to private speech therapy centres online. Research on the effectiveness in remote work of private centres with families in psychological and speech therapy has not been widespread, as such services, as a rule, do not involve the provision of comprehensive programmes, including psychological education and child-parent training. This omission makes it significant to develop and test a remote comprehensive programme of psychological support for mothers and psycho-speech correction of young preschool children during online speech therapy sessions in a private psychological and speech therapy centre.

Objective. To develop and implement an online programme for the speech development of young preschool children, taking into account the correction of child-parent relationships, and to determine its effectiveness.

Materials and Methods. The Parental Attitude Questionnaire (A. Y. Varga, V. V. Stolin) was used to assess parental emotional relations. E. I. Zakharova's "Child-Parental Interaction Questionnaire" was used to identify the expression of 11 parameters of emotional interaction between mother and child. The state of the child's speech development before and after the programme was assessed using speech therapy diagnostics. The results were statistically analysed using Student's t-test and Wilcoxon's t-test.

Results. As the study has shown, distance psychological support and correctional work are effective in the coordinated work of a psychologist and a speech therapist. The introduction of techniques aimed at expanding the emotional and semantic space with the child and the development of self-acceptance as a parent and the ability to influence the emotional state of the child significantly increase the effectiveness of psycho- speech correction work with the child.

Discussion. Data obtained as a result of the study can be used in the development and implementation of complex remote psychocorrectional work programmemes by psychologists and speech therapists.

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