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M F Westerveld1,2,3, J Paynter4,5,6,7, D Trembath4,6
1Griffith Institute for Educational Research, School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith Health Centre, G40, Room 2.70, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia. m.westerveld@griffith.edu.au.
Abstract:
A high percentage of school-age students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have reading comprehension difficulties leading to academic disadvantage. These difficulties may be related to differences in children's emergent literacy development in the preschool years. In this study, we examined the relationship between emergent literacy skills, broader cognitive and language ability, autism severity, and home literacy environment factors in 57 preschoolers with ASD. The children showed strengths in code-related emergent literacy skills such as alphabet knowledge, but significant difficulties with meaning-related emergent literacy skills. There was a significant relationship between meaning-related skills, autism severity, general oral language skills, and nonverbal cognition. Identification of these meaning-related precursors will guide the targets for early intervention to help ensure reading success for students with ASD.
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