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McDaniel, Jena; Woynaroski, Tiffany; Keceli-Kaysili, Bahar; Watson, Linda R.; Yoder, Paul – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: We examined associations between vocal communication with canonical syllables and expressive language and then examined 2 potential alternative explanations for such associations. Method: Specifically, we tested whether the associations remained when excluding canonical syllables in identifiable words and controlling for the number of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Expressive Language, Verbal Communication
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McDaniel, Jena; Yoder, Paul; Woynaroski, Tiffany; Watson, Linda R. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: Correlates of receptive-expressive vocabulary size discrepancies may provide insights into why language development in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) deviates from typical language development and ultimately improve intervention outcomes. Method: We indexed receptive-expressive vocabulary size discrepancies of 65 initially…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Receptive Language
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Sandbank, Micheal; Woynaroski, Tiffany; Watson, Linda R.; Gardner, Elizabeth; Keçeli Kaysili, Bahar; Yoder, Paul – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Intentional communication has previously been identified as a value-added predictor of expressive language in preverbal preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. In the present study, we sought to identify value-added predictors of intentional communication. Of five theoretically-motivated putative predictors of intentional communication…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Predictor Variables