Children with special educational needs (SEN) achieve lower educational levels than their
peers without special needs, leading to a higher risk of social exclusion in the future …

The Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) system has been used increasingly in
research to record and evaluate the everyday speech of autistic children and their families …

Young children's language and social development is influenced by the linguistic
environment of their classrooms, including their interactions with teachers and peers …

Young children spend substantial portions of their waking hours in noisy preschool
classrooms. In these environments, children's vocal interactions with teachers are critical …

Including learners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in mainstream classrooms is
associated with challenges that could impede their academic participation. However, studies …

Several studies have demonstrated that the severity of social communication problems, a
core symptom of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is correlated with specific speech …

The problem of autistic disorders in preschool children is considered to be one of the most
relevant for modern preschool educational institutions, as speech activity serves as a basis …

Children's own language production has a role in structuring the language of their
conversation partners and influences their own development. Children's active participation …

The dynamic development of peer relations during the preschool years as described in
Chap. 1 poses considerable challenges for young children with ASD. Difficulties in initiating …

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a peer mediated intervention
to increase social communication acts of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder …