Concurrent Social Communication Predictors of Expressive Language in Minimally Verbal Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Numerous studies have investigated the predictors of language in pre-verbal toddlers and verbally fluent children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study investigated the concurrent relations among expressive language and a set of empirically-selected social communication variables—jo...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 49; no. 9; pp. 3767 - 3786
Autores principales: Pecukonis, Meredith, Plesa Skwerer, Daniela, Eggleston, Brady, Meyer, Steven, Tager-Flusberg, Helen
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Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2019
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          Pecukonis, Meredith
          Plesa Skwerer, Daniela
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          Language Development In Infancy and Childhood
          Language Development In Adolescence
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          Autism Spectrum Disorder In Adolescence
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      ab: Numerous studies have investigated the predictors of language in pre-verbal toddlers and verbally fluent children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study investigated the concurrent relations among expressive language and a set of empirically-selected social communication variables—joint attention, imitation, and play—in a unique sample of 37 minimally verbal (MV) children and adolescents with ASD. Results revealed that imitation and play were significantly correlated with expressive language, even when controlling for non-verbal IQ, but joint attention was not. Imitation was the only predictor variable to reach significance within the regression model. Findings demonstrate that predictors of expressive language vary for subpopulations of the autism spectrum, and have broader implications for intervention design for older, MV individuals with ASD.
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