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Albert, Phebe; Romski, MaryAnn; Sevcik, Rose A.; Morris, Robin D. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Young children with developmental disabilities (DD) exhibit a range of strengths and weaknesses in cognitive, language, and adaptive skills. Identifying individual patterns of abilities across these domains is important for informing interventions. This study examines how 129 toddlers with significant developmental delays and less than 10 spoken…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Delays, Intervention
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Brady, Nancy C.; Romine, Rebecca E. Swinburne; Holbrook, Alison; Fleming, Kandace K.; Kasari, Connie – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Changes in minimal verbal communication by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were measured with the Communication Complexity Scale (CCS) and other communication assessments. The CCS measures complexity of preverbal and beginning verbal communication used to communicate behavior regulation and joint attention. The purpose was to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Verbal Communication
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Conners, Frances A.; Tungate, Andrew S.; Abbeduto, Leonard; Merrill, Edward C.; Faught, Gayle G. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Forty-two adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) ages 10 to 21 years completed a battery of language and phonological memory measures twice, 2 years apart. Individual differences were highly stable across two years. Receptive vocabulary scores improved, there was no change in receptive or expressive grammar scores, and nonword repetition scores…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Down Syndrome, Language Acquisition, Language Skill Attrition