Caregiver Language Input Supports Sentence Diversity in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Elysha Clark-WhitneyClaire Brito KleinPamela A HadleyCatherine E LordSo Hyun KimPublished in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR (2022)
Sentence diversity is a developmentally sensitive measure of language development in ASD. NDBI strategies that facilitate reciprocal social communication, combined with input composed of declarative sentences with noun or third-person pronoun subjects, may provide optimal support for children's sentence development.