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TRAINING PARENTS TO USE THE NATURAL LANGUAGE PARADIGM TO INCREASE THEIR AUTISTIC CHILDREN'S SPEECH
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Parents of four nonverbal and four echolalic autistic children were trained to increase their children's speech by using the Natural Language Paradigm (NLP), a loosely structured procedure conducted in a play environment with a variety of toys. Parents were initially trained to use the NLP in a clinic setting, with subsequent parent‐child speech sessions occurring at home. The results indicated that following training, parents increased the frequency with which they required their children to speak (i.e., modeled words and phrases, prompted answers to questions). Correspondingly, all children increased the frequency of their verbalizations in three nontraining settings. Thus, the NLP appears to be an efficacious program for parents to learn and use in the home to increase their children's speech.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Laski, K. E., Charlop, M. H., & Schreibman, L.
- Affiliations
- Claremont Graduate University (US)
- Claremont McKenna College (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Corresponding author
- Laski, Karen E.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1988-12
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 391-400
- ISSN
- 0021-8855 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-3703
- PMC
- PMC1286139
- OpenAlex
- W2148053204
- Cited by
- 316
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Scholarship - Claremont (Claremont Colleges) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (28210, 39434, 41706)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, parent training, speech development, nonverbal children, echolalia, parent-child interaction, home-based intervention, play-based intervention
- MeSH terms
- Autistic Disorder, Behavior Therapy, Child, Child, Preschool, Echolalia, Female, Generalization, Psychological, Humans, Male, Parents, Play and Playthings, Speech Therapy
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