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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2025

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Structured Oral Language Therapy on Expressive Language in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Hafsa Shams, Irum Nawaz, Shahid Bashir, Benish Shahzadi, Turki Abualait, Hamid Khan, Syed Ali Hussain, Mubin Mustafa Kiyani

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Hafsa ShamsFaculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Irum NawazFaculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Shahid BashirNeuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Benish ShahzadiDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shifa Tameer-E-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Turki AbualaitCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Hamid KhanDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Syed Ali HussainDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shifa Tameer-E-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Mubin Mustafa KiyaniShifa College of Medical Technology, Shifa Tameer-E-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-0953-639X

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Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) comprises multiple mental and behavioural variations that mostly appear in early stage of life and effects persistently to all life. Establishing oral language plays an important role in expressive language, with a strong link to understanding reading and writing of ASD children. Methods: The study employed a quasi-experimental design to assess the impact of structured oral language activities on expressive language skills in ASD children. Nineteen participants, aged 3-5 years, engaged in activities such as mealtime conversations, morning discussions, storybook reading aloud and rhymes over an 8-week period. Pre-testing established baseline measures, and outcomes were assessed through the quantity and quality of expressive language exhibited across these activities. Results: The highest number of participants were 4 years of age and the majority were male participants (78.9%). The result indicated that the mean ± standard deviation of the pre-test and post-test of expressive language skill was 0.263 ± 0.452 with a Conclusion: There was a significant difference in the expressive language of ASD children receiving structured oral language representing facilitation in language development in ASD children.

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autism spectrum disorderexpressive languagemealtimemorning conversationoral languagereading aloudrhymes

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