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We assessed the spoken language of 73 preschool aged children on the autism spectrum receiving community-based early intervention at two time points, approximately 7 months apart. Using the Spoken Language Benchmarks, there was a small non-significant change in the proportion of children transitioning from below, to at or above, Phase 3 (word combinations). Using binomial regression, a model comprising seven of nine clinician-proposed child-related predictors explained 64% of the variance. None of the predictors were individually significant, although a large effect size (OR = 16.71) was observed for children's baseline rate of communicative acts. The findings point to substantial unmet clinical need in children with minimal verbal language, but also the relevance of clinician-proposed predictors of their spoken language outcomes., Author(s): David Trembath [sup.1] , Matt Stainer [sup.1] , Teena Caithness [sup.1] , Cheryl Dissanayake [sup.2] , Valsamma Eapen [sup.3] , Kathryn Fordyce [sup.4] , Veronica Frewer [sup.5] , Grace [...]

Author(s): David Trembath [sup.1], Matt Stainer [sup.1], Teena Caithness [sup.1], Cheryl Dissanayake [sup.2], Valsamma Eapen [sup.3], Kathryn Fordyce [sup.4], Veronica Frewer [sup.5], Grace Frost [sup.6], Kristelle Hudry [sup.2], Teresa Iacono [...]