Longitudinal Analyses of Early Verb Production in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Verb production in childhood predicts language outcomes in adulthood for individuals on the autism spectrum, but few studies have investigated early verb production in ASD, and methodological differences have led to conflicting results. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore development of verb production in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) children.

Methods

We analyzed verb production via language samples from 67 children (N_ASD = 32; N_TD = 35) during parent-child play.

Results

We found that verb production increased over time in both the ASD and TD groups, but the TD group increased at a faster rate. However, latent class analysis of verb trajectories yielded three profiles of verb develo

SUBMITTER: LeGrand K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12703847 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature