The Hispanic Family: Language and Learning at Home

ISBN-13: 9783639141856 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 140 str.

Bettina Larroud

Opis

The purpose of this study was to investigate Latinoparental perceptions regarding home-based speech andlanguage pathology, the influence of cultural beliefsin child-rearing practices within the Latinocommunity in early intervention, and the relationshipthat exists between cultural beliefs and home-basedspeech and language pathology. Quantitative andqualitative methods were used as part of thecollection process. A survey was created toinvestigate child-rearing practices. The first part of the survey contained information about the age, years living in the United States, level of English fluency, and level of education of forty-five caregivers who agreed to be part of this study. The second part of the survey consisted of twenty-two statements about child-rearing practices. Frequencies, descriptivestatistics and correlation coefficients were used toanalyze the data. Nine interviews and nineobservations were conducted with parents/caregivers purposefully chosen from the pool of survey respondents. A system of codes, patterns and themes were created to analyze the qualitative data with final propositions beingdeveloped as part of the conclusive analysis.

O autorze

Beatriz "Bettina" Larroude was born in Comodoro Rivadavia,
Argentina in 1967. She has a B.A. in Speech-Language Pathology
from the University of Buenos Aires, an M.S. in Communicative
Disorders from San Francisco State University, and a Doctorate in
Education from Saint Mary's College, United States. She currently
lives in Tandil, Argentina.