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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2025

Longitudinal Analyses of Early Verb Production in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Kaya LeGrand, Julia Parish-Morris, Letitia R Naigles

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Kaya LeGrandDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. kaya.legrand@uconn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1925-7415
Julia Parish-MorrisCenter for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9633-2904
Letitia R NaiglesDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2168-9700

Funding

Language Development and Outcome in Children with AutismR01DC007428 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI NAIGLES, LETITIA R · 2005 to 2012
$2.8M
Early Predictors to School Age Language: Individual and Interactional Child and Parent FactorsR01DC016665 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI NAIGLES, LETITIA R · 2019 to 2023
$1.6M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC007428NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC 016665NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016665NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC 07428
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Abstract

purposeVerb production in childhood predicts language outcomes in adulthood for individuals on the autism spectrum, but few studies have investigated early verb production in ASD, and methodological differences have led to conflicting results. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore development of verb production in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) children.

methodsWe analyzed verb production via language samples from 67 children (N

resultsWe found that verb production increased over time in both the ASD and TD groups, but the TD group increased at a faster rate. However, latent class analysis of verb trajectories yielded three profiles of verb development, the lowest of which consisted entirely of children with ASD and was driving the group difference. We also found that longitudinal analysis can contribute to our understanding of verb development: our latent class analysis of trajectories revealed more nuance than a single-datapoint clustering method, and early verb vocabulary growth predicted later language outcomes for children with ASD.

conclusionOur results suggest that while some children with ASD experience persistent challenges in verb vocabulary growth, others demonstrate similar verb growth to their TD peers. Future work will investigate early factors that differentiate children whose verb production progresses from children whose verb production stays constant over time.

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AutismEarly childhoodLongitudinalNatural languageNounsVerbsVocabulary

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