Research over the past 50 years has yielded several promising approaches and many
specific intervention techniques designed to enhance the communication and language …

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by impairments in social and
communication development, accompanied by stereotyped patterns of behavior and …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of enhanced milieu teaching
(EMT) implemented by parents and therapists versus therapists only on the language skills …

Every society nurtures a set of goals for its children, although the balance among those
goals may be contested within societies and may vary across them. People want their …

Although schools are the institution formally charged with educating our nation's youth, the
role of families and the home environment in students' development and academic …

This study tested the effect of a method of facilitating prelinguistic communication on parents'
responsivity and children's communication and productive language development. The …

There is growing evidence that cumulative exposure to highly responsive parenting styles
throughout the early childhood period may provide a variety of important child benefits in …

Portrayals of individuals with Williams syndrome (WS), a genetic disorder caused by a
microdeletion of∼ 25 genes on chromosome 7q11. 23, have reached the general public …

The relationship between early maternal responsivity and later child communication
outcomes in young children with fragile X syndrome was investigated. Data were obtained …

Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of a 6-month course of responsivity education/prelinguistic
milieu teaching (RE/PMT) for children with developmental delay and RE/PMT's effects on …