Brief Report: Parent Verbal Responsiveness and Language Development in Toddlers on the Autism Spectrum

This study examined the longitudinal associations between parent verbal responsiveness and language 3 years later in 34 toddlers with a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder. Parent–child play samples were coded for child engagement and communication acts and for parent verbal responsiveness. Mea...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2013-09, Vol.43 (9), p.2218-2227
Main Authors: Haebig, Eileen, McDuffie, Andrea, Ellis Weismer, Susan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Attention
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Report
Care and treatment
Child and School Psychology
Child clinical studies
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - diagnosis
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - psychology
Child Language
Child, Preschool
Communication
Developmental disorders
Evaluation
Female
Humans
Infantile autism
Influence
Interpersonal Communication
Language Acquisition
Language Aptitude
Language Development
Language Fluency
Linguistic Input
Male
Medical sciences
Neurosciences
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Influence
Parent-child interaction therapy
Parent-Child Relations
Parents - psychology
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Preschool Children
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public Health
Receptive Language
Toddlers
Verbal Communication
Young Children
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Summary:This study examined the longitudinal associations between parent verbal responsiveness and language 3 years later in 34 toddlers with a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder. Parent–child play samples were coded for child engagement and communication acts and for parent verbal responsiveness. Measures of responsive verbal behaviors were used to predict language gain scores 3 years later. Parent directives for language that followed into the child’s focus of attention were predictive of child receptive language gains. Parent comments that followed into the child’s focus of attention yielded differential effects depending on initial levels of child language. Children who were minimally verbal at age 2½ benefited from parent comments that followed into the their focus of attention, whereas children who were verbally fluent did not demonstrate such a benefit.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-013-1763-5