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Autism-Open Access

Autism-Open Access
Open Access

ISSN: 2165-7890

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Adriana Lavi

CCC-SLP, Director of the Lavi Institute for Research and Professional Development, USA

Publications
  • Research Article   
    The Efficacy of a Visual Auditory Bombardment Intervention (VABI) Versus Traditional Video Modeling Intervention (VMI) in Students with Pragmatic Language Impairments
    Author(s): Adriana Lavi*

    Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Asperger Syndrome (AS), and Social Communication Disorder (SCD) have deficits in the area of pragmatic (i.e., social) language. Individuals may have difficulty staying on topic, changing topic, providing appropriate comments/questions, using appropriate eye contact, and interpreting and utilizing nonverbal language such as facial expressions, gestures, as well as, changes in prosody/intonation. As speech and language assessments have become more distinguished, intervention approaches have also become more specialized. The current study aims to evaluate a visual auditory bombardment intervention (VABI) designed to target pragmatic language and compare this intervention to a traditional video modeling (VMI) condition, as well as a no-treatment condition (CON). Results of the current study revealed significant differences between the VABI .. View More»

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