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Lane, Justin D.; Lieberman-Betz, Rebecca; Gast, David L. – Journal of Special Education, 2016
The purpose of this review was to identify naturalistic language interventions for increasing spontaneous expressive language (defined in this review as absence of verbal prompt or other verbalization from adults or peers) in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Also, the methodological rigor and effectiveness of each study were evaluated…
Descriptors: Intervention, Expressive Language, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Westerveld, Marleen F.; Trembath, David; Shellshear, Leanne; Paynter, Jessica – Journal of Special Education, 2016
A wealth of research has been conducted into emergent literacy (i.e., precursors to formal reading) skills and development in typically developing (TD) children. However, despite research suggesting children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at risk of reading challenges, limited research exists on their emergent literacy. Thus, we aimed to…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Literature Reviews, Preschool Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Morgan, Paul L.; Sideridis, Georgios; Hua, Youjia – Journal of Special Education, 2012
The authors sought to (a) identify interventions that immediately increased the oral reading fluency of students with or at risk for disabilities, (b) estimate to what extent these gains maintained over time, and (c) evaluate whether particular characteristics of students (e.g., gender, disability status) predicted their response to fluency…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Visual Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders