Brief Report: An Exploratory Study of Young Dual Language Learners with Autism in a School-Based Intervention
Ya-Chih Chang1, Stephanie Shire2, Wendy Shih3
1California State University, Los Angeles, USA. ychang27@calstatela.edu.
Abstract:
Due to core challenges in social communication experienced by many young children with autism, children on the spectrum who are also dual language learners (DLLs) may benefit from developmentally-appropriate language supports in school settings. The current study examined whether home language status moderated the effect of a play-based intervention, JASPER, delivered in the classroom, in children with autism. Fifty-nine preschool children with autism received JASPER over eight weeks. Children who received JASPER improved significantly more in their language skills from entry to exit than children in preschool as usual. Home language status moderated the effect of treatment on receptive language where children of diverse linguistic backgrounds made greater gains in receptive language.
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