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Mother Goose Research and Articles
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The Effects of the Faranak Parent-child Mother Goose Program on the Development of Auditory and Vocalization Skills of Deaf and Hard-of- hearing Children Under Six Years Old
Hakimeh Sadeghikhah, Somayeh Firoozabadi, Tahereh Soleimanieh-Naeini, and Guita Movallali
Archives of Rehabilitation published in 2025.
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Parent-Child Mother Goose Program Research: Results from focus groups and questionnaires
In a collaboration between Fort Saskatchewan Families First Society and the Human Ecology Department at the University of Alberta, research was conducted to examine the impact the Parent-Child Mother Goose program has on parent-child relationships.
Results from this study and others strongly suggest that PCMG does and will continue to support parents and families raising young children by promoting positive parent-child relationships, increasing parent’s confidence and emotion regulation skills and developing social support systems for parents.
By Natasha Webber
June 26, 2018
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Exploring the Impacts of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Family Ecology and Practice, 2017.
The quantitative results of this study indicated that the program seems to increase parents’ sense of competence, self-efficacy and satisfaction in parenting. Qualitative data indicated that the program may influence secure attachment in the child and emotion regulation for the parent. The study concluded that the PCMG program facilitates learning that promotes positive parent-child relationships, increase parent’s confidence and emotion regulation skills, and develop social support systems for parents.
By Natasha Webber, University of Alberta
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Benefits of Mother Goose: Influence of a Community-Based Program on parent-Child Attachment Relationships in Typical Families
In this study of the effects of the Parent-Child Mother Goose program on parent-child attachment, parents participating in the program completed self-assessments of their parenting efficacy, satisfaction, and relationships with their children. Participants reported significantly more positive change in parenting efficacy and child attachment than did parents in a control group. “In this popular 10-week, community-based program, parents learned skills that continued to influence their relationship with their children six months after the conclusion of the project.”
By Elaine Scharfe, Trent University
Child Welfare Journal, 2011, vol. 90, No. 5.
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A Preliminary Evaluation of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program in relation to Children's Language and Parenting Stress
This study assessed changes in children’s language skills and parenting stress following participation in a Parent-Child Mother Goose program. Results revealed that the PCMGP children showed greater improvement in language skills, especially their expressive communication skills. The parents participating also reported a more positive impact on their perceptions of their child’s demandingness compared to the comparison playgroup parents. This study highlights the potential effectiveness of the PCMGP as an early intervention program in relation to aspects of both receptive and expressive language and parental stress.
Gill Terrett, Roxanne White, and Michele Spreckley
Journal of Early Childhood Research published online October 12, 2012
What Does Research Tell Us?
This summary is based on work done by Anjula Joshi, Ph.D. Student, UBC, 2006. It was compiled by Beth Hutchinson, Provincial Co-ordinator, Parent-Child Mother Goose Program®, BC Council for Families and Dana Brynelsen, Past President, Parent-Child Mother Goose Program® National Board and Provincial Advisor, Infant Development Programmes of BC.