Types of parent verbal responsiveness that predict language in young children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1026-1039

  McDuffie, Andrea ^a   Yoder, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Parent responsiveness; Vocabulary acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77955353571     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/09-0023)     Document Type: Article

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