Enhancing social turn-taking for preschoolers with autism

This is a current project.

Description

In this study, social language of children with autism will be measured using an automated vocal analysis system called LENA (Language  Enviornmental Analysis) which is a digital speech recorder.  It is one of the first studies ever to use an atomatic voice recorder to measure the effects of intervention on the amount of words and turns exchanged between a parent and child.

Project Administration

Kathy Thiemann-Bourque, principal investigator

Nancy Brady, co-investigator

Steve Warren, co-investigator

Project Contact

Kathy Thiemann-Bourque, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Research Professor
Juniper Gardens Children's Project
Mailing Address:
1052 Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7555
thiemann@ku.edu
785-864-0528 (phone)
785-864-5323 (fax)

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Participant Recruiting

This project is enrollig up to five families of children with autism to participate in a paid study that includes a five-month home-based social language intervention. Learn more about how to participate by downloading a printable flier and application.

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