Early in May 2020, we launched a survey to understand how COVID-19 was impacting children’s communication. We’ll summarize the results and tips below. You can also find the results on ERA at UofA. A total of 201 parents responded who spoke English, French or Spanish at home. Parents noted that the largest change in communicationContinue reading “Children’s communication during COVID-19: Survey Results”
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COVID-19 Multilingual Families Talking and Playing
We are excited to share resources to get multilingual children and their families talking and playing, even during COVID-19 (https://bit.ly/PlayIdeasMultilingFamLab). These resources are a result of a collaboration between MSc-SLP students from the Communication Sciences and Disorders program, Paris Begrand-Fast, Rebecca Epp, Marisa Lelekach, Tara McPhedran, Romy Pistotnik, Kira Shelton, Krista Toohey, and Taylor Wilson,Continue reading “COVID-19 Multilingual Families Talking and Playing”
Tips for communicating with family & friends during COVID-19
Early in the isolation and lock-down, we found lots of information about how to communicate with colleagues when working remotely. But we found very little on how to better communicate with family and friends. Although most of us have family and friends who live afar, we often don’t need to use “remote” tools to talkContinue reading “Tips for communicating with family & friends during COVID-19”
We have released a French version of our Survey!
Notre laboratoire à l’Université d’Alberta mène une enquête en ligne d’environ 10 minutes sur la habiletés de communication des enfants durant le COVID-19. Nous souhaitons en savoir davantage sur les changements dans les habitudes de communication des enfants, notamment pour les enfants avec des troubles de la communication. La participation est volontaire: https://qrgo.page.link/LwQsy Vos réponses nousContinue reading “We have released a French version of our Survey!”
We have released a Spanish version of our online survey!
Nuestro Laboratorio, en la Universidad de Alberta, está realizando una encuesta de 10 minutos en línea, para aprender más respecto de cómo se comunican los niños durante el COVID-19. Descubre más aquí: https://forms.gle/8jb3HcyPrqzJd4kA6
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