Gauging the acquisition of language skills in children with autism

[Francis Hult]

EurekAlert!

 

Parents key in new measure to evaluate language in children with autism

 

A new parent questionnaire, developed at the University of Waterloo, will help health practitioners to more accurately gauge the acquisition of language skills in children with autism.

 

The pioneering Language Use Inventory (LUI) is among a set of measures for evaluating spoken language development in children with autism spectrum disorders, recommended by an expert panel.

 

The experts' report, Defining Spoken Language Benchmarks and Selecting Measures of Expressive Language Development for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, appears in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. The report was commissioned by the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

 

Full story:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/cioh-pki061009.php

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