ArticleJournal of neurodevelopmental disorders2021
Predicting progress in word learning for children with autism and minimal verbal skills.
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- Beyond Words: Natural Language Sampling of Lexical and Non-Word Vocalizations in Preschool Children with Autism, Down Syndrome, and Fragile X Syndrome.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Proportion and Profile of Autistic Children Not Acquiring Spoken Language Despite Receiving Evidence-Based Early Interventions.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2025Article
- White matter development and language abilities during infancy in autism spectrum disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Article
- Phonemic Feature Scoring as a Tool for Progress Monitoring During Language Interventions for Children With Autism and Minimal Verbal Skills.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2024Article
- Quality of Life of Autistic Children and Supported Programs in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Review of methods for conducting speech research with minimally verbal individuals with autism spectrum disorder.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · 2023Review
- The Influence of Communication Sample Length on Reliability and Convergent Validity of Vocal Measures Derived From the Communication Complexity Scale.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2022Article
- Profiling Language Skills in Minimally Verbal Autism: Findings From Greek-Speaking Preschoolers.Autism & developmental language impairmentsArticle
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backgroundApproximately 30% of children diagnosed with autism remain minimally verbal past age 5. Interventions are often effective in increasing spoken communication for some of these children. Clinical and research decisions would be facilitated by identifying early indicators of progress in interventions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between speech sound measures obtained from the early phases of treatment and later treatment outcomes in children with autism and minimal verbal skills.
methodsTwenty-three children (18 boys) between 5 and 9 years of age participated. We compared scores reflecting the phonemic features of word attempts produced during probes, and the number of correct words after 4 weeks of intervention to later word learning outcomes.
resultsCorrelational and hierarchical regression analyses showed that both predictors were positively correlated with outcomes, but the phonemic scores were more strongly related than number of correct words.
conclusionWe conclude that phonemic scoring may be a useful measure to determine proximal gains in a spoken word learning intervention. Proximal measures are particularly helpful when trying to decide if the current course of intervention should be maintained or altered.
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