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In-depth breakdown (300-400 words): This study examined the expressive language and phonological development of three “late talking” children between 21- 25 months of age. The children participated in two 30-minute sessions of VAULT treatment with a team of four trained speech-language pathologists over the course of 8 weeks.VAULT treatment is an input-based program, focused on […]

This study included English-Spanish speaking children with and without DLD (33 children per group; ages 4-6). Participants were selected by meeting the following criteria: “a qualifying score on the Morphosyntax subtest of the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment” and “a percentage of grammatical utterances below 80% in both Spanish and English (p. 501). The subjects were also […]

It is known from previous research that morphosyntactic skills are impaired in children with hearing loss (p. 609); however, there is limited research on complex syntax production with this population. The authors posed the following research questions to add to this area of study: Do children with hearing loss differ from age-matched and/or language-matched children […]

The author used a very small sample size with a total of four students, who were all male, and attended elementary school in self-contained special education classrooms. The study required that the students have a formal diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder with minimal functional speech, be able to isolate their finger to point to images […]

This study was designed as a “supplement” to a previous study by Mills and Fox (2016). Participants included a total number of 76 participants (40 girls, 36 boys), aged 7-11, from diverse backgrounds. None of the participants had ever received special education services. Graduate student clinicians and licensed speech-language pathologists administered the Peabody Picture Vocabulary […]

Participants/Methods/Design:This study consisted of 55 subjects with a diagnosis of FXS, and their mothers, with data retrieved throughout childhood (from toddler to adolescent age; data collected every 18 months). Almost all (43) of the original participants were still involved in the study during adolescence. The age range for initial observations and data collection in the […]

Participants/Methods/Design:“In this research note, the authors report an exploratory analysis from a data set that includes information gathered from earlier studies and data not previously reported,” (p. 1302). A total of 130 preschool aged children participated in this study. The participants had to have normal hearing, no underlying neurological conditions, and no significant phonological impairments; […]

Participants/Methods/Design:Through local recruitment procedures, this research study included a total of 20 students (17 boys; 3 girls; age range of 7-11 years) who had a diagnosis of ASD. Subjects were excluded if there was a significant medical diagnosis that prevented consistent attendance from school, or if there was a diagnosis of severe motor delay or […]

Search Methods:An online search was conducted using a variety of electronic databases. Strict inclusion criteria were used including randomized controlled trials with subjects under twelve years old with a diagnosis of Autism, and considered minimally verbal.Results/Findings:After inclusion criteria was applied, the search resulted in two randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Between the two trials, a total […]

Search Methods:Articles were retrieved using a comprehensive online search using various electronic databases. The initial search resulted in 169 studies; the authors applied the following inclusion criteria: experimental design with a researcher or therapist to administer intervention, report quantitative information on “at least one dependent variable related to varied communication behavior (p. 798), and written […]