Utvärdering av AKKTIV föräldrautbildning: föräldrars bedömningar av barnens kommunikativa utveckling

Abstract

This study investigates, through parental evaluations, communicative and adaptive abilities within a group of children with various developmental disorders, after the parents had participated in AKKTIV (Augmentative and Alternative Communication – Early Intervention) parental education. The study also investigates through case studies how parents experience the influence of AKKTIV-intervention in their children’s development a few years after completion. The parents estimated their children’s abilities using three different questionnaires; the Swedish Communicative Developmental Inventories (SECDI), Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (VABS-II) and parts of the form” Parents’ perception of the interaction with their child”, before and after the intervention. Data from the questionnaires were statistically analysed using paired-sample t-tests. The parents’ experiences of the influence of the AKKTIVintervention were also investigated through interviews. The results,showed that the children had increased their communicative abilities significantly on the SECDI form and on the receptive domain of VABS-II. Communication had along with socialisation developed to a higher extent than other adaptive functions. The overall experience reported by the parents in the case study was that the change after AKKTIV had been positive.