Editing Language delay (section)

=== Intervention ===
The parent and child relationship is bi-directional, which means that parents have an influence over their child's language development, while the child has an influence over the parent's communication styles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|title=The language environment of children with language delays|url=https://login.ezproxy3.lhl.uab.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/5.2.141|access-date=2021-07-31|journal=Journal of Pediatric Psychology|year = 1980|doi=10.1093/jpepsy/5.2.141|pmid = 7452428|last1 = Lederberg|first1 = A.|volume = 5|issue = 2|pages = 141–159|url-access = subscription}}</ref> Parents have the ability to maintain language delay by offering the child a non-verbal environment or one where their communication may not be challenged. Intervention programs and strategies are found to be beneficial to children with a specific language impairments. Research has found that the management strategies put to use are influenced by the child and the important participation of the parents.<ref name=":0" /> Parents are likely to follow the lead of the child's language development.

One approach for intervening is naturalistic intervention. The child is in a natural environment where the communication is more responsive, rather than being more direct.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asdtoddler.fpg.unc.edu/book/export/html/252.html|title=Naturalistic Intervention|website=asdtoddler.fpg.unc.edu}}</ref>