title: Brief report: parental child-directed speech as a predictor of receptive language in children with autism symptomatology.
abstract: Facilitative linguistic input directly connected to children's interest and focus of attention has become a recommended component of interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This longitudinal correlational study used two assessment time points and examined the association between parental undemanding topic-continuing talk related to the child's attentional focus (i.e., follow-in comments) and later receptive language for 37 parent-child dyads with their young (mean = 21 months, range 15-24 months) children with autism symptomology. The frequency of parental follow-in comments positively predicted later receptive language after considering children's joint attention skills and previous receptive language abilities.
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. drperryman09@gmail.com
authors.forename: Twyla Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Perryman
authors.forename: Alice S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Messinger
authors.forename: Wendy L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Andrada E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ivanescu
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Yoder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007802:Language; D007807:Language Tests; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013060:Speech