Emerging literacy in preschool children has been shown to be inter-related with
spoken language acquisition, particularly in joint picture-book reading with
parents (PBR). In earlier studies of normally developing children a develop
mental continuum of skills was described and then used to develop a checklist
for assessing PBR in clinical populations. The checklist was used to study PBR
in 11 language delayed children with varying degrees of attention control. The
five children with receptive/expressive delay and difficulty with attention
control were delayed in PBR but those with expressive difficulties were not.
Suggestions for intervention are provided.
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