Defining spoken language benchmarks and selecting measures of expressive language development for young children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-652

  Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a   Rogers, Sally ^b   Cooper, Judith ^c   Landa, Rebecca ^d   Lord, Catherine ^e   Paul, Rhea ^f   Rice, Mabel ^g   Stoel Gammon, Carol ^h   Wetherby, Amy ⁱ   Yoder, Paul ^j  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorders; Language acquisition

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS (U.S.); PARENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPEECH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66649098225     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0136)     Document Type: Review

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