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Schertz, Hannah H.; Liu, Xinyue; Odom, Samuel L.; Baggett, Kathleen M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
How parents support social learning at the preverbal level for toddlers with autism is rarely reported, limiting the field's understanding of factors that may influence early development of social competency. As a central challenge in autism that is resistant to intervention, preverbal social initiating is an important indicator of social…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Development, Parent Role
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Luyster, Rhiannon; Lord, Catherine – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been gaining attention, partly as an example of unusual developmental trajectories related to early neurobiological differences. The present investigation addressed the process of learning new words to explore mechanisms of language delay and impairment. The sample included 21 typically developing toddlers…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Autism, Learning Processes, Pervasive Developmental Disorders