Joint Attention and Sensory-Regulatory Features at 13 and 22 Months as Predictors of Preschool Language and Social-Communication Outcomes.

Conclusions Both joint attention and sensory regulation are important factors in the first and second years of life for impacting later preschool language and social-communication outcomes in this sample. These findings may have implications for future early childhood intervention research for children at a higher likelihood for autism spectrum disorder.
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Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - August 17, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Nowell SW, Watson LR, Crais ER, Baranek GT, Faldowski RA, Turner-Brown L Tags: J Speech Lang Hear Res Source Type: research