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Brief Report: Response to Joint Attention and Object Imitation as Predictors of Expressive and Receptive Language Growth Rate in Young Children on the Autism Spectrum
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Kyle M. Frost; Anamiguel Pomales-Ramos; Brooke Ingersoll – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Joint attention and imitation are thought to facilitate a developmental cascade of language and social communication skills. Delays in developing these skills may affect the quality of children's social interactions and subsequent language development. We examined how responding to joint attention and object imitation skills predicted rate of…
Descriptors: Attention, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Imitation, Predictor Variables
Reexamining Pathways Early Autism Intervention in Children before and after the Third Birthday: A Randomized Control Trial
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Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal; De Froy, Adrienne M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
We reexamined the efficacy of Pathways early autism intervention using generalized measures of social communication and language skills administered by an unfamiliar adult in a novel environment. Generalized measures improve on sources of measurement bias. Sixty-seven autistic children blocked on age (under versus over 3 years) were randomly…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Early Intervention, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
Brief Report: Assessment of a Caregiver-Implemented Intervention for Improving Social Communication Skills in Toddlers and Young Children with Autism
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Audrey A. Rouhandeh; Christine Honsberger; Nathaniel A. Shanok; Erin Brooker Lozott; Tess Levy; Alexander Kolevzon; Joseph D. Buxbaum; Marlene Sotelo; Jennifer Foss-Feig; Paige M. Siper – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
As early identification of autism improves, there is a critical need for interventions to support the development of social communication skills in toddlers. Caregiver coaching and parental involvement is crucial for improving outcomes and providing children with adequate hours of planned active engagement. This pilot study assessed a 4-week…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Communication Skills
Clinician Proposed Predictors of Spoken Language Outcomes for Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Trembath, David; Sutherland, Rebecca; Caithness, Teena; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Eapen, Valsamma; Fordyce, Kathryn; Frost, Grace; Iacono, Teresa; Mahler, Nicole; Masi, Anne; Paynter, Jessica; Pye, Katherine; Reilly, Sheena; Rose, Veronica; Sievers, Stephanie; Thirumanickam, Abirami; Westerveld, Marleen; Tucker, Madonna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Our aim was to explore insights from clinical practice that may inform efforts to understand and account for factors that predict spoken language outcomes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who use minimal verbal language. We used a qualitative design involving three focus groups with 14 speech pathologists to explore their views and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Verbal Communication
Definitions of Nonverbal and Minimally Verbal in Research for Autism: A Systematic Review of the Literature
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Koegel, Lynn Kern; Bryan, Katherine M.; Su, Pumpki L.; Vaidya, Mohini; Camarata, Stephen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
This systematic review examined definitions of "nonverbal" or "minimally verbal" and assessment measures used to evaluate communication in intervention studies focusing on improving expressive verbal communication in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We reviewed sample size, number of participants, participant age,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Verbal Ability, Communication Skills
Brief Report: Associations between Preverbal Social Communication Skills, Language and Symptom Severity in Children with Autism--An Investigation Using the Early Sociocognitive Battery
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Taylor, Lauren J.; Charman, Tony; Howlin, Patricia; Slonims, Vicky; Green, Jonathan; Aldred, Catherine; Aldred, Catherine; Le Couteur, Ann; Emsley, Richard A.; Grahame, Victoria; Humphrey, Neil; Leadbitter, Kathy; McConachie, Helen; Parr, Jeremy R.; Pickles, Andrew; Taylor, Carol; Balabanovska, Matea; Beach, Hilary; Byford, Sarah; Bennett, Claire; Carruthers, Sophie; Crook, Imogen; Danvers, Hannah; Dartnall, Kate; Ellis, Ceri; Foote, Hannah; Graham, Jessica; James, Kirsty; Jamieson, Sarah; Knight, Anna; Lowe, Jo; Madeley, Ruth; Mitchell, Olivia; Monteiro, Francisca; Moore, Heather L.; Morley, Helen; Rose, Jessica; Rogan, Leanne; Vosper, Susanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
We investigated the early sociocognitive battery (ESB), a novel measure of preverbal social communication skills, in children with autism participating in the Paediatric Autism Communication Trial-Generalised (PACT-G). The associations between ESB scores, language and autism symptoms were assessed in 249 children aged 2-11 years. The results show…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Communication
Cognitive and Adaptive Skills in Toddlers Who Meet Criteria for Autism in DSM-IV but Not DSM-5
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Jashar, Dasal Tenzin; Brennan, Laura A.; Barton, Marianne L.; Fein, Deborah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
The current study compared adaptive and cognitive skills, and autism severity of toddlers with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis under DSM-IV but not DSM-5 criteria (DSM-IV only group) to those who met autism criteria under both diagnostic systems (DSM-5 group) and to those without ASD (non-ASD group). The toddlers in the DSM-IV only…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Autism, Toddlers, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
A Relationship between Early Language Skills and Adult Autistic-Like Traits: Evidence from a Longitudinal Population-Based Study
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Armstrong, Rebecca; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.; Scott, James G.; Copland, David A.; McMahon, Katie L.; Fleming, Sophie; Arnott, Wendy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
The current study examined the relationship between early language ability and autistic-like traits in adulthood, utilising data from 644 participants from a longitudinal study of the general population. Language performance at 2 years was measured with the Language Development Survey (LDS), and at 20 years the participants completed the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Longitudinal Studies, Children
Student Engagement in the Classroom: The Impact of Classroom, Teacher, and Student Factors
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Dykstra Steinbrenner, Jessica R.; Watson, Linda R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Researchers have highlighted engagement as a critical component of effective interventions for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet there is limited research related to engagement in school-age children with ASD. This descriptive study was designed to examine joint engagement and its relationship with classroom factors and student…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students
A Parent-Mediated Intervention to Increase Responsive Parental Behaviors and Child Communication in Children with ASD: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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Siller, Michael; Hutman, Ted; Sigman, Marian – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Longitudinal research has demonstrated that responsive parental behaviors reliably predict subsequent language gains in children with autism spectrum disorder. To investigate the underlying causal mechanisms, we conducted a randomized clinical trial of an experimental intervention (Focused Playtime Intervention, FPI) that aims to enhance…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parents, Autism, Expressive Language
Brief Report: Brief Syntactic Analysis in Asperger Syndrome: A Preliminary Study.
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Ghaziuddin, Mohammad; Thomas, Philip; Napier, Elizabeth; Kearney, Gaby; Tsai, Luke; Welch, Kathleen; Fraser, William – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2000
This study examined the syntactic characteristics of the speech of adolescent subjects with Asperger syndrome (N=14) or high functioning autism (N=13) using a modified version of syntactic analysis, Brief Syntactic Analysis. Asperger syndrome subjects tended to show more complex speech patterns and longer sentences than did subjects with high…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome, Communication Skills, Expressive Language
Word Fluency in High-Functioning Autistic Children.
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Boucher, Jill – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
Comparison of word fluency with seven high-functioning children with autism (ages 11-15) and controls of similar age and vocabulary level found that both groups performed equally well when generating words in response to familiar category cues, but autistic children performed significantly less well than controls when generating miscellaneous…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Children, Communication Skills
Early Social, Imitation, Play, and Language Abilities of Young Non-Autistic Siblings of Children with Autism
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Toth, Karen; Dawson, Geraldine; Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Greenson, Jessica; Fein, Deborah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
Studies are needed to better understand the broad autism phenotype in young siblings of children with autism. Cognitive, adaptive, social, imitation, play, and language abilities were examined in 42 non-autistic siblings and 20 toddlers with no family history of autism, ages 18-27 months. Siblings, as a group, were below average in expressive…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Cognitive Ability, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development
A Pragmatic Approach to Increase Expressive Language Skills in Young Autistic Children.
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Beisler, Jean Madsen; Tsai, Luke Y. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1983
A communication program for autistic children (three to six years old) which increased communication skills in the context of establishing reciprocal communication exchanges involving intensive modeling of verbal responses within joint activity routines and reinforcement based on fulfilling the intent of the child's communication. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Contingency Management, Expressive Language
Cohesion in the Discourse Interaction of Autistic, Specifically Language-Impaired, and Normal Children.
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Baltaxe, Christiane A. M.; D'Angiola, Nora – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1992
This study examined discourse cohesion in young normal (n=8), specifically language-impaired (n=8), or autistic (n=10) children (ages 3-7). Results showed all three groups used the same cohesion strategies with similar patterning. Significant group differences were found in the overall rate of correct use and in the use of individual cohesive…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Interaction Process Analysis
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