Parents as Communication Partners: An Evidence-Based Strategy for Improving Parent Support for Language and Communication in Everyday Settings

This article describes the Teach-Model-Coach-Review approach for teaching parents to implement Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT), an evidence-based naturalistic intervention for young children with language impairment. The article discusses the evidence for parent training as an effective early language intervention approach, the principles and procedures of EMT, the empirical basis of the Teach-Model-Coach-Review approach, and the skills needed to implement this approach.