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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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23-04-2021 | Original Paper

Conversation Skills in Chinese-Speaking Preschoolers with Autism: The Contributing Role of Parents’ Verbal Responsiveness

Auteurs: Wing-Chee So, Xue-Ke Song, Chun-Ho Cheng, Wing-Wun Law, Tiffany Wong, Oi-Ki Leung, Ying Huang

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 3/2022

Abstract

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have conversation deficits, yet the growth of conversation abilities is understudied, especially in Chinese-speaking populations. Little is known about whether their parents’ verbal responsiveness and redirectives are related to their conversation skills. Children with ASD (N = 37; M = 5;5) and their parents contributed their language samples. These children interacted with their parents at four time points over nine months. The number of conversational turns and the proportion of child-initiated conversation (but not the proportion of children’s appropriate responses) grew over nine months. After controlling for time, autism severity, and language skills, parents’ verbal responsiveness positively predicted children’s appropriate responses. Parents’ redirectives negatively predicted the proportion of children’s appropriate responses and the number of conversational turns.

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Titel: Conversation Skills in Chinese-Speaking Preschoolers with Autism: The Contributing Role of Parents’ Verbal Responsiveness
Auteurs: Wing-Chee So
Xue-Ke Song
Chun-Ho Cheng
Wing-Wun Law
Tiffany Wong
Oi-Ki Leung
Ying Huang
Publicatiedatum: 23-04-2021
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 3/2022
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05017-5

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