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Preschool Language Variation, Growth, and Predictors in Children on the Autism Spectrum
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Ellis Weismer, Susan; Kover, Sara T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2015
Background: There is wide variation in language abilities among young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), with some toddlers developing age-appropriate language while others remain minimally verbal after age 5. Conflicting findings exist regarding predictors of language outcomes in ASD and various methodological issues limit the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Communication Skills, Intervention