Purpose This study investigated a new intervention package aimed at increasing expressive
word learning by school-age children with autism who have limited expressive vocabularies …

Purpose The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the variability and predictors
of expressive vocabulary development in children with autism and very delayed language …

A combined storybook and play vocabulary intervention was implemented as a single-
subject study of 23 children of diverse typologies, including 10 with autism spectrum …

Trajectories of expressive language development are highly heterogeneous in autism.
Yoder et al. found that parental responsiveness, child response to joint attention, child …

Purpose Vocabulary is a domain of particular challenge for many children with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). Recent research has drawn attention to ways in which lexical …

Background: In early typical language development, children understand words before they
are able to use them in speech. Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) generally …

Generalization between expressive and receptive language was studied in six boys with
autism (chronological age 47–76 months, language age 13–42 months). Each participant …

We investigated the relationship between eight theoretically motivated behavioral variables
and a spoken‐language‐related outcome measure, after 25 sessions of treatment for …

Background Approximately 30% of children diagnosed with autism remain minimally verbal
past age 5. Interventions are often effective in increasing spoken communication for some of …

Purpose Early intervention using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
supports both receptive and expressive language skills. However, many parents and …