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- Title
Brief Report: An Exploratory Study of Young Dual Language Learners with Autism in a School-Based Intervention.
- Authors
Chang, Ya-Chih; Shire, Stephanie; Shih, Wendy; Kasari, Connie
- Abstract
Due to core challenges in social communication experienced by many young children with autism, children on the spectrum who are also dual language learners (DLLs) may benefit from developmentally-appropriate language supports in school settings. The current study examined whether home language status moderated the effect of a play-based intervention, JASPER, delivered in the classroom, in children with autism. Fifty-nine preschool children with autism received JASPER over eight weeks. Children who received JASPER improved significantly more in their language skills from entry to exit than children in preschool as usual. Home language status moderated the effect of treatment on receptive language where children of diverse linguistic backgrounds made greater gains in receptive language.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of autism; PLAY; WORD deafness; SECONDARY analysis; LEARNING; MULTILINGUALISM; BODY language; RESEARCH; ASPERGER'S syndrome; SPEECH therapy; LANGUAGE acquisition; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2024, Vol 54, Issue 9, p3567
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-022-05765-y