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Mauricio A. Lopez-Espejo; Alicia C. Nuñez; Valentina Saez; Melanie Ruz; Odalie C. Moscoso; Alejandra Vives – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
We investigated the influence of developmental and social factors on the age of autism diagnosis (AoD) in a cohort of toddlers living in Chile. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 509 preschool children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder [M = 40.2 months (SD = 8.6), girls: 32%] in the neurodevelopmental unit of a university clinic in…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
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Chelsea La Valle; Gabriela Davila Mejia; Carol L. Wilkinson; Nicole Baumer – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Toddlers with Down syndrome (DS) showcase comparable or higher rates of gestures than chronological age-- and language-matched toddlers without DS. Little is known about how gesture use in toddlers with DS relates to multiple domains of development, including motor, pragmatics, language, and visual reception (VR) skills. Unexplored is…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Carrie A. Davenport; Elaine Smolen; Irina Castellanos; Evelien Dirks; Derek M. Houston – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
This study examined the relationship between parental self-efficacy in parents of young deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children and children's spoken language skills. A retrospective within-subjects study design was used that included 24 mother-child dyads with DHH children. Parental self-efficacy was assessed using the Scale of Parental…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Parent Child Relationship, Mother Attitudes, Parents
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Yang Dong; Xuecong Miao; Xueyan Cao; Bonnie Wing-Yin Chow; Jianhong Mo; Hang Dong; Haoyuan Zheng – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This study aims to compare the effects of "questioning with minimal evaluation" (PE) and "prompt-evaluate-expand-repeat" (PEER) used in dialogic reading (DR) on children's language development. This study included 119 typically developing (TD) and 107 Chinese children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by using a pre- and…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Parent Child Relationship, Questioning Techniques, Autism Spectrum Disorders