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Delehanty, Abigail; Wetherby, Amy M. – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2022
Background & Aims: Social communication and language skills have been found to be important predictors of long-term outcomes in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the development of coordinated social communication (i.e., gestures and sounds or words) remains relatively understudied in young children with ASD and…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Delays, Observation
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Chenausky, Karen V.; Gagné, Danielle; Stipancic, Kaila L.; Shield, Aaron; Green, Jordan R. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between perceived single-word speech severity and intelligibility in children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), with and without comorbid language impairment (LI), and to investigate the contribution of different CAS signs to perceived single-word speech severity and…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Intelligibility, Speech Communication, Language Impairments
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Barton-Hulsey, Andrea; Sevcik, Rose A.; Romski, MaryAnn; Collins, Sara C. – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2022
Purpose: Literacy instruction at home and in school, in addition to child speech and language ability, plays an essential role in reading development. The relationship between these factors in children with developmental disabilities during preschool is important to identify and describe in order to develop and test interventions that target…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities, Child Language
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Ferguson, Emily F.; Nahmias, Allison S.; Crabbe, Samantha; Liu, Talia; Mandell, David S.; Parish-Morris, Julia – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Many children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who receive early intervention reap developmental benefits, but little is known about characteristics of early intervention placements in the community that optimize individual growth. The extent to which children hear and use language, in particular, may contribute significantly to…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Urban Schools, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Yamashiro, Amy; Vouloumanos, Athena – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Adult humans process communicative interactions by recognizing that information is being communicated through speech (linguistic ability) and simultaneously evaluating how to respond appropriately (social-pragmatic ability). These abilities may originate in infancy. Infants understand how speech communicates in social interactions, helping them…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Interpersonal Competence, Speech Communication, Autism
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Plumb, Allison M.; Wetherby, Amy M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: In this study, the authors aimed to examine the vocalizations of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the second year of life and their relationship to other areas of development. Method: Vocalizations were examined in 125 children between ages 18 and 24 months: 50 later diagnosed with ASD, 25 with developmental delays (DD) in…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Toddlers, Language Acquisition