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McDaniel, Jena; Brady, Nancy C. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study examines the effects of communication sample length on the reliability and convergent validity of six vocal measures for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with minimal verbal skills. The results are expected to inform recommendations for the length of communication samples for clinical and research purposes. Method:…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Communication Skills, Measures (Individuals)
Brady, Nancy C.; Romine, Rebecca E. Swinburne; Holbrook, Alison; Fleming, Kandace K.; Kasari, Connie – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Changes in minimal verbal communication by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were measured with the Communication Complexity Scale (CCS) and other communication assessments. The CCS measures complexity of preverbal and beginning verbal communication used to communicate behavior regulation and joint attention. The purpose was to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Verbal Communication
Brady, Nancy C.; Fleming, Kandace; Bredin-Oja, Shelley L.; Fielding-Gebhardt, Heather; Warren, Steven F. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate language growth in individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) from early childhood to adolescence and the influence of maternal responsivity on language growth. Method: We conducted a longitudinal analysis of language development in 55 youths (44 males, 11 females) with FXS. Data collection spanned…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Standardized Tests
Komesidou, Rouzana; Brady, Nancy C.; Fleming, Kandace; Esplund, Amy; Warren, Steven F. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This research explored syntactic growth in children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) over a 5-year period, and variability in growth in relation to autism symptoms, nonverbal cognition, maternal responsivity, and gender. Method: Language samples at 4 time points from 39 children with FXS, 31 boys and 8 girls, were analyzed using the Index of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Syntax, Scores, Mothers
Hahn, Laura J.; Brady, Nancy C.; Fleming, Kandace; Warren, Steven F. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: In this study, we examine joint engagement (JE) in young children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and its relationship to language abilities and autism spectrum disorder symptomatology at 24 to 36 months (toddler period) and 59 to 68 months (child period). Method: Participants were 28 children with FXS (24 boys, four girls) and their…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Correlation, Language Skills, Autism
Flenthrope, Jennifer L.; Brady, Nancy C. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2010
Purpose: The authors hypothesized that significant positive relationships would exist between early gesture use and later language attainments in children with fragile X syndrome (FXS), as has been reported in studies with other populations. Method: Participants were young children with FXS and limited expressive language (21 boys, 4 girls),…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Rating Scales, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition

McLean, Lee K.; Brady, Nancy C.; McLean, James E.; Behrens, Gene Ann – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999
This study of the forms and functions of expressive communication produced by 84 children and adults with severe mental retardation found significant differences among participants associated with differences in their communication levels (contact gesture, distal gesture, or symbolic), age (child or adult), and residential status (community home…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Communication Disorders

Brady, Nancy C.; McLean, Lee K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
This study examined representational matching to sample with 68 subjects with severe mental retardation. Participants differed in their expressive communication and included symbolic (speaking) individuals, distal-gesture users, and contact-gesture users. Contact-gesture users performed significantly more poorly on identical matching to sample…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Body Language, Discrimination Learning, Expressive Language
Brady, Nancy C.; Steeples, Tammy; Fleming, Kandace – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
Purpose: This study examined the effects of expressive and receptive language levels on initiated and repaired communication acts by prelinguistic children with developmental disabilities. Method: In this descriptive study, participants were 45 children between the ages of 3 and 6 years who had severe delays in expressive communication. Some…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Communication Skills, Young Children, Expressive Language