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Kyle M. Frost; Anamiguel Pomales-Ramos; Brooke Ingersoll – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Joint attention and imitation are thought to facilitate a developmental cascade of language and social communication skills. Delays in developing these skills may affect the quality of children's social interactions and subsequent language development. We examined how responding to joint attention and object imitation skills predicted rate of…
Descriptors: Attention, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Imitation, Predictor Variables
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Akemoglu, Yusuf; Laroue, Dayna; Kudesey, Carolina; Stahlman, Mary – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
In the current study, we describe a study of the Internet-based Parent-implemented Communication Strategies-Storybook (i-PiCSS). I-PiCSS is an intervention program designed to train and coach parents to use evidence-based naturalistic communication teaching (NCT) strategies (i.e., modeling, mand-model, and time delay) and reading techniques while…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Role, Evidence Based Practice, Teaching Methods
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Ingersoll, Brooke; Wainer, Allison – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Project ImPACT is a parent-mediated social communication intervention for young children with ASD that was developed in community settings to encourage dissemination. A single-subject, multiple-baseline design was conducted across 8 preschoolers with ASD and their mothers to examine the efficacy of the model for improving parent intervention…
Descriptors: Young Children, Intervention, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen; Sepeta, Leigh; Wang, Yueyan; Marshall, Stephanie; Gomez, Lovella; Sigman, Marian; Hutman, Ted – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Longitudinal research into adult outcomes in autism remains limited. Unlike previous longitudinal examinations of adult outcome in autism, the twenty participants in this study were evaluated across multiple assessments between early childhood (M = 3.9 years) and adulthood (M = 26.6 years). In early childhood, responsiveness to joint attention…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Verbal Communication, Autism, Young Children
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Warren, Steven F.; Gilkerson, Jill; Richards, Jeffrey A.; Oller, D. Kimbrough; Xu, Dongxin; Yapanel, Umit; Gray, Sharmistha – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
The study compared the vocal production and language learning environments of 26 young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to 78 typically developing children using measures derived from automated vocal analysis. A digital language processor and audio-processing algorithms measured the amount of adult words to children and the amount of…
Descriptors: Autism, Young Children, Educational Environment, Comparative Analysis
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Ganz, Jennifer B.; Simpson, Richard L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004
Few studies on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems have addressed the potential for such systems to impact word utterances in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an AAC system designed specifically to minimize difficulties with communication skills experienced by…
Descriptors: Young Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills