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Increasing verbal responsiveness in parents of children with autism : a pilot study . Correlational studies have revealed a positive relationship between parent verbal responsiveness and language outcomes in children with autism . We investigated whether parents of young children on the autism spectrum could learn and implement the specific categories of verbal responsiveness that have been suggested to facilitate language development . Parents were taught to increase their verbal responsiveness in the context of a short-term language intervention that included group parent education sessions , as well as individual and small-group coaching sessions of parent-child play interactions . Parents in the treatment group increased their use of comments that : described their child 's focus of attention ; interpreted or expanded child communication acts ; and prompted child communication . Preliminary treatment effects were also noted in children 's prompted and spontaneous communication . These results support the use of parent-mediated interventions targeting verbal responsiveness to facilitate language development and communication in young children with autism .
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increase their verbal responsiveness
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short-term language intervention
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group parent education sessions
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individual and small-group coaching sessions of parent-child play interactions
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parent-mediated interventions
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Outcome_Mental
child 's focus of attention
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child communication acts
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child communication
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children 's prompted and spontaneous communication
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Outcome_Mental
verbal responsiveness
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language development and communication
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parent
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children with autism .
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parents of young children on the autism spectrum
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Parents
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Parents
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young children with autism .