{"id":1691,"date":"2013-03-06T18:31:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T01:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2014-01-21T20:06:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T03:06:16","slug":"two-key-predictors-of-speech-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=1691","title":{"rendered":"Two Key Predictors of Speech Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New findings published in <em>Pediatrics:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;70 % of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who have a history of severe language delay, achieved phrase or fluent speech by the age of eight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are 2 indicators to predict the quality and age of speech.<\/p>\n<p>1- Nonverbal intelligence is the strongest predictor of phrase speech<\/p>\n<p>2- Social interest and engagement are as robust, if not greater, to predict the age to attain phrase speech and fluency<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, it is highly recommended to set the goals and plan around these two skills. Therapies and early interventions focusing on nonverbal intellingence and social interest and engagement have great differing impact.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Kennedy Krieger Institute&#8217;s Center for Autism and Related Disorders<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/releases\/257195.php\" target=\"_blank\">www.medicalnewstoday.com\/releases\/257195.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>nadia shanab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New findings published in Pediatrics: &#8220;70 % of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who have a history of severe language delay, achieved phrase or fluent speech by the age of eight.&#8221; There are 2 indicators to predict the quality and age of speech. 1- Nonverbal intelligence is the strongest predictor of phrase speech 2- &#8230; <a title=\"Two Key Predictors of Speech Gain\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=1691\" aria-label=\"Read more about Two Key Predictors of Speech Gain\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[381,10,77,383,92,31,37,382],"class_list":["post-1691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-autism","tag-communication","tag-health","tag-parenting","tag-research","tag-social-interaction","tag-speech","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691\/revisions\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}