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Chelsea La Valle; Gabriela Davila Mejia; Carol L. Wilkinson; Nicole Baumer – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Toddlers with Down syndrome (DS) showcase comparable or higher rates of gestures than chronological age-- and language-matched toddlers without DS. Little is known about how gesture use in toddlers with DS relates to multiple domains of development, including motor, pragmatics, language, and visual reception (VR) skills. Unexplored is…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Golnoosh Golmohammadi; Farhad Sakhai; Faezeh Asadollahpour; Kiana Nouhi; Naemeh Jafari; Zahra Baghejari – First Language, 2024
This study aimed to adapt and validate the Word Complexity Measure (WCM) for Persian-speaking toddlers. The WCM is a tool for assessing phonological complexity, originally proposed by Stoel-Gammon. The study was conducted in two phases: (1) adapting the WCM parameters to the Persian language and (2) conducting a validation study with 60…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Measures (Individuals), Indo European Languages, Pictorial Stimuli
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Markfeld, Jennifer E.; Feldman, Jacob I.; Bordman, Samantha L.; Daly, Claire; Santapuram, Pooja; Humphreys, Kathryn L.; Keçeli-Kaysili, Bahar; Woynaroski, Tiffany G. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Caregivers of autistic children present with high stress levels, which have been associated with poorer child outcomes in several domains, including language development. However, prior to this study, it was unknown whether elevated caregiver stress was associated with language development in infant siblings of autistic children…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Language Acquisition, Siblings