A Scale To Measure Parental Involvement in Young Children With Hearing Loss

The SPISE-R (Scale of Parental Involvement and Self-Efficacy-Revised) is a promising tool for use in early intervention to better understand parents’ strengths and for counseling needs regards supporting their young child’s auditory access and spoken language development.

Having a better understanding of parents’ beliefs, knowledge, confidence, and actions can provide professionals in early intervention with information regarding parents’ areas of strengths (areas in which they are most knowledgeable and confident) and areas in which to provide additional support or guidance.(Ambrose, Appenzeller, & DesJardin, 2020)

Learn about the research “Beliefs and Evaluating Self-Efficacy of Parents of Young Children with Hearing Loss” go to Appendix A to download the full scale. Below is a sneak peek of the three-page scale.

Ambrose, S. E., Appenzeller, M., & DesJardin, J. L. (2020). Evaluating self-efficacy in parents of children with hearing loss. The Hearing Journal, 73(9). doi:10.1097/01.hj.0000717176.09147.0d

What tools do you use to identify parents’ needs?