Brief Report: Parental Child-Directed Speech as a Predictor of Receptive Language in Children with Autism Symptomatology

Authors

• Twyla Y. Perryman, Vanderbilt University
• Alice S. Carter, East Carolina University
• Daniel S. Messinger, University of Massachusetts Boston
• Wendy L. Stone, University of Miami
• Andrada Ivanescu, Montclair State UniversityFollow
• Paul J. Yoder, Vanderbilt University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2013

Journal / Book Title

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Abstract

Facilitative linguistic input directly connected to children's interest and focus of attention has become a recommended component of interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This longitudinal correlational study used two assessment time points and examined the association between parental undemanding topic-continuing talk related to the child's attentional focus (i.e.; follow-in comments) and later receptive language for 37 parent-child dyads with their young (mean = 21 months, range 15-24 months) children with autism symptomology. The frequency of parental follow-in comments positively predicted later receptive language after considering children's joint attention skills and previous receptive language abilities.

DOI

10.1007/s10803-012-1725-3

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Perryman, Twyla Y.; Carter, Alice S.; Messinger, Daniel S.; Stone, Wendy L.; Ivanescu, Andrada; and Yoder, Paul J., "Brief Report: Parental Child-Directed Speech as a Predictor of Receptive Language in Children with Autism Symptomatology" (2013). Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 25.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/appliedmath-stats-facpubs/25

Rights

NIH Public Access Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 August 01. Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 August ; 43(8): 1983–1987. doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1725-3.