Brief report: Parental child-directed speech as a predictor of receptive language in children with autism symptomatology

Twyla Y. Perryman, Alice S. Carter, Daniel S. Messinger, Wendy L. Stone, Andrada E. Ivanescu, Paul J. Yoder

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    Abstract

    Facilitative linguistic input directly connected to children's interest and focus of attention has become a recommended component of interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This longitudinal correlational study used two assessment time points and examined the association between parental undemanding topic-continuing talk related to the child's attentional focus (i.e.; follow-in comments) and later receptive language for 37 parent-child dyads with their young (mean = 21 months, range 15-24 months) children with autism symptomology. The frequency of parental follow-in comments positively predicted later receptive language after considering children's joint attention skills and previous receptive language abilities.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1725
    Pages (from-to)1983-1987
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
    Volume43
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Aug 2013

    Keywords

    • Autism
    • Parent responsiveness
    • Parent-child interaction
    • Receptive language

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