Prelinguistic Predictors of Vocabulary in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Purpose: The goal of the current study was to identify a predictive model of vocabulary comprehension and production in a group of young children with autism spectrum disorders. Four prelinguistic behaviors were selected for consideration as predictors based on theoretical and empirical support for...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 1080 - 1098 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
October 2005
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=507830331&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 507830331 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: October 2005 vid: 48 iid: 5 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 507830331 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/075) ppf: 1080 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 406KB tig: atl: Prelinguistic Predictors of Vocabulary in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders. aug: au: McDuffie, Andrea Yoder, Paul Stone, Wendy su: Attention Comprehension English language Children's language Autistic children Psychology Language & languages sug: subj: Attention Comprehension English language Children's language Autistic children Psychology Language & languages ab: Purpose: The goal of the current study was to identify a predictive model of vocabulary comprehension and production in a group of young children with autism spectrum disorders. Four prelinguistic behaviors were selected for consideration as predictors based on theoretical and empirical support for the relationship of these behaviors to language development. Method: The study used a longitudinal correlational design. Participants were twenty-nine 2- and 3-year-olds diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. The prelinguistic behaviors—attention-following, motor imitation, commenting, and requesting—were measured at the initial visit. Vocabulary comprehension and production were measured 6 months later. Results: Commenting was the only unique predictor of comprehension after the degree of cognitive delay was controlled. Both commenting and motor imitation of actions without objects were unique predictors of production over and above the other skills and when the degree of cognitive delay was controlled. Conclusions: The finding that both commenting and motor imitation simultaneously accounted for unique variance in vocabulary production is new to the literature and requires replication. However, results suggest that increasing behaviors that allow children with autism to make their current focus of attention obvious to social partners may be an effective approach for supporting word learning in young children with autism. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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