Research over the past 50 years has yielded several promising approaches and many
specific intervention techniques designed to enhance the communication and language …

Although there is considerable variability, most individuals with Down syndrome have
mental retardation and speech and language deficits, particularly in language production …

Joint attention, a foundational nonverbal social-communicative milestone that fails to
develop naturally in autism, was promoted for three toddlers with early-identified autism …

There is growing evidence that cumulative exposure to highly responsive parenting styles
throughout the early childhood period may provide a variety of important child benefits in …

Many intervention programs use home visiting to target enhanced parent-child interactions;
however, few studies have examined specific intervention strategies, limiting the potential …

Of the recent advances in education‐related research in Down syndrome, the
characterization of the Down syndrome behavioral phenotype has become a potentially …

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading inherited cause of mental retardation. In this article,
we review what is known about the language and related problems of individuals with FXS …

This paper focuses on the communication and language phenotypes associated with three
genetic disorders: Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, and fragile X syndrome. It is argued …

Background: Previous research on the pragmatic abilities of late talkers at 24 months of age
indicates that they have difficulties initiating conversational interactions, but possess intact …

Clefts of the lip and palate are one of the most frequently occurring birth defects, affecting
approximately 1 in 700 births in the United States. Early childhood special educators are …