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Wright, Bridget M.; Benigno, Joann P.; Boster, Jamie B.; McCarthy, John W.; Coologhan, Bridget K. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Thirty-one children with and without autism spectrum disorder were asked to draw the meaning of 10 basic concepts. Following each drawing, children explained their drawing to the experimenter. Transcripts of the drawing task were coded for children's use of personal pronouns and internal state terms. Children's use of on- and off-task comments…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Expressive Language, Freehand Drawing
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Towson, Jacqueline; Canty, Meredith; Schwartz, Jamie; Barden, Sejal; Sims, Tianna – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Research regarding specific strategies adolescent mothers (AMs) may utilize to facilitate early language and emergent literacy skills in their children is lacking. This exploratory study investigated AMs' perceived use of preselected common language and emergent literacy strategies and correlated their use of these strategies to their children's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mothers, Early Parenthood, Emergent Literacy
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Levey, Sandra; Cruz, Denise – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2003
A study investigated the first words produced by 17 bilingual children (ages 1-4) speaking English and Mandarin Chinese from environments where both languages were spoken. A greater number of nouns than verbs were produced as first words in both English and Mandarin Chinese. Verbs were produced only in Mandarin Chinese. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Early Childhood Education, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition