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White, Emily N.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Snyder, Sara K.; Cagliani, Rachel R.; Ledford, Jennifer R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This review evaluated the effects of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) on speech development in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); replicated, updated, and extended the systematic review by Schlosser and Wendt (American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 17:212-230, 2008). Twenty-five single case design articles and…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Speech Skills, Children, Autism
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Casenhiser, Devin M.; Binns, Amanda; McGill, Fay; Morderer, Olga; Shanker, Stuart G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
In a report of the effectiveness of MEHRIT, a social-interaction-based intervention for autism, Casenhiser et al. ("Autism" 17(2):220-241, 2013) failed to find a significant advantage for language development in the treatment group using standardized language assessments. We present the results from a re-analysis of their results to…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Interaction, Language Acquisition
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Paul, Rhea; Campbell, Daniel; Gilbert, Kimberly; Tsiouri, Ioanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Preschoolers with severe autism and minimal speech were assigned either a discrete trial or a naturalistic language treatment, and parents of all participants also received parent responsiveness training. After 12 weeks, both groups showed comparable improvement in number of spoken words produced, on average. Approximately half the children in…
Descriptors: Autism, Receptive Language, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children