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Current Profiles and Early Predictors of Reading Skills in School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Longitudinal, Retrospective Population Study
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Åsberg Johnels, Jakob; Carlsson, Emilia; Norbury, Courtenay; Gillberg, Christopher; Miniscalco, Carmela – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
This study explores current reading profiles and concurrent and early predictors of reading in children with autism spectrum disorder. Before the age of 3 years, the study cohort underwent a neurodevelopmental assessment following identification in a population-based autism screening. At age 8 years, reading, language and cognition were assessed.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Reading Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Growth in Narrative Retelling and Inference Abilities and Relations with Reading Comprehension in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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McIntyre, Nancy S.; Grimm, Ryan P.; Solari, Emily J.; Zajic, Matthew C.; Mundy, Peter C. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Purpose: Extant research indicates that children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without an intellectual disability (ID) often experience difficulty comprehending written texts that is unexpected in comparison with their cognitive abilities. This study investigated the development of two key skills, narrative and inference…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Adolescents
Social Cognition and Reading Comprehension in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders or Typical Development
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McIntyre, Nancy S.; Oswald, Tasha M.; Solari, Emily J.; Zajic, Matthew C.; Lerro, Lindsay E.; Hughes, Claire; Devine, Rory T.; Mundy, Peter C. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Background: Many individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit social cognitive impairments in the development of theory of mind (ToM), or the ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others. ToM has been shown to relate to reading comprehension for children and adolescents with typical development (TD) and with ASD. This study…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Reading Comprehension, Children, Adolescents
Comparing Growth in Linguistic Comprehension and Reading Comprehension in School-Aged Children with Autism versus Typically Developing Children
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Grimm, Ryan P.; Solari, Emily J.; McIntyre, Nancy S.; Zajic, Matthew; Mundy, Peter C. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) struggle with reading comprehension. Linguistic comprehension is an important predictor of reading comprehension, especially as children progress through elementary school and later grades. Yet, there is a dearth of research examining longitudinal relations between linguistic comprehensions in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Reading Comprehension, Language Skills
Predicting Reading Comprehension in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Knight, Erin; Blacher, Jan; Eisenhower, Abbey – School Psychology, 2019
Relationships between early literacy measures (i.e., curriculum-based measurement) and advanced literacy measures (i.e., reading comprehension) were examined in young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Participants in this study were 167 children between the ages of 4 and 7 years (M = 5 years 8 months), who were assessed at 2 time…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Reading Comprehension, Young Children, Autism
Predicting Reading Comprehension in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Knight, Erin; Blacher, Jan; Eisenhower, Abbey – Grantee Submission, 2018
Relationships between early literacy measures (i.e., curriculum-based measurement) and advanced literacy measures (i.e., reading comprehension) were examined in young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Participants in this study were 167 children between the ages of 4 and 7 years (M = 5 years 8 months), who were assessed at 2 time…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Reading Comprehension, Young Children, Autism