Open AccessCaregiver Language Input Supports Sentence Diversity in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Author(s) -
Elysha Clark-Whitney,
Claire Klein,
Pamela A. Hadley,
Catherine Lord,
So Hyun Kim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of speech, language, and hearing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1558-9102
pISSN - 1092-4388
DOI - 10.1044/2021_jslhr-21-00458
Subject(s) - psychology , sentence , autism spectrum disorder , autism , diversity (politics) , developmental psychology , nonverbal communication , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , anthropology
Sentence diversity is a measure of early language development that has yet to be applied to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The primary aim of this study was to identify whether children with ASD show change in sentence diversity over 6 months of treatment with Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI). The secondary aim was to examine possible predictors of changes in children's sentence diversity, including caregiver use of NDBI strategies, naturally occurring instances of caregiver Toy Talk, and child characteristics.