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Speech following sign language training in autistic children with minimal verbal language . This study was carried out to test the main and interaction effects of training condition and pretreatment-elicited verbal imitation ability when predicting spoken language use during language training of 60 minimally verbal autistic children . Subjects were randomly assigned to Speech Alone , Sign Alone , Simultaneous Presentation of Sign and Speech , and Alternating Presentation of Sign and Speech training conditions . Speech Alone , Simultaneous Presentation , and Alternating Presentation condition facilitated more child-initiated speech during treatment than did the Sign Alone condition . Regardless of training condition , pretreatment verbal imitation ability positively predicted the size of child-initiated spoken vocabulary observed during training . Exploratory analyses indicated that , in addition to verbal imitation , pretreatment age and IQ may also predict spoken language developed during training .
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Intervention_Educational
Speech following sign language training
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Intervention_Educational
language training
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Intervention_Educational
Speech Alone , Sign Alone , Simultaneous Presentation of Sign and Speech , and Alternating Presentation of Sign and Speech training conditions . Speech Alone , Simultaneous Presentation
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Intervention_Educational
Alternating Presentation
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Intervention_Educational
Sign Alone
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Outcome_Mental
main and interaction effects
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Outcome_Mental
Speech Alone , Sign Alone , Simultaneous Presentation of Sign and Speech , and Alternating Presentation of Sign and Speech training conditions
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Outcome_Mental
Speech Alone , Simultaneous Presentation , and Alternating Presentation condition
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Outcome_Mental
size of child-initiated spoken vocabulary
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Participant_Condition
autistic
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Sample-size
60
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Participant_Condition
minimally verbal autistic children