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Goodwin, Anthony; Fein, Deborah; Naigles, Letitia – Journal of Child Language, 2015
Social deficits have been implicated in the language delays and deficits of children with autism (ASD); thus, the extent to which these children use language input in social contexts similarly to typically developing (TD) children is unknown. The current study investigated how caregiver input influenced the development of "wh"-question…
Descriptors: Mothers, Linguistic Input, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children
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Hani, Hanady Bani; Gonzalez-Barrero, Ana Maria; Nadig, Aparna S. – Journal of Child Language, 2013
This study examined two facets of the use of social cues for early word learning in parent-child dyads, where children had an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or were typically developing. In Experiment 1, we investigated word learning and generalization by children with ASD (age range: 3;01-6;02) and typically developing children (age range:…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Vocabulary Development, Generalization
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Bopp, Karen D.; Mirenda, Pat – Journal of Child Language, 2011
This study examined relationships between prelinguistic variables from the MacArthur-Bates CDI and the development of language comprehension and production in children with autism. Forty-four children were assessed at baseline and 6, 12, 24, 33 and 53 months later. Growth Curve Modeling was used to examine the extent to which three composite CDI…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Autism, Language Acquisition, Pervasive Developmental Disorders