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Paul, Rhea; Campbell, Daniel; Gilbert, Kimberly; Tsiouri, Ioanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Preschoolers with severe autism and minimal speech were assigned either a discrete trial or a naturalistic language treatment, and parents of all participants also received parent responsiveness training. After 12 weeks, both groups showed comparable improvement in number of spoken words produced, on average. Approximately half the children in…
Descriptors: Autism, Receptive Language, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children
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Paul, Rhea; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Fowler, Carol; Cicchetti, Domenic; Volkmar, Fred – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: This study tests the hypothesis that toddlers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) will show differences from contrast groups in preferences for attending to speech. Method: This study examined auditory preferences in toddlers with ASD and matched groups of (a) typical age-mates, (b) age-mates with nonautistic developmental disabilities,…
Descriptors: Matched Groups, Toddlers, Research Methodology, Language Patterns