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Monolingual And Bilingual Intervention Outcomes In A Bilingual Child With Autism, Victoria Alexander
Monolingual And Bilingual Intervention Outcomes In A Bilingual Child With Autism, Victoria Alexander
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Background: When treating bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the language of intervention has been a controversial topic among professionals. There is limited research on the treatment of bilingual children with ASD.
Purpose: To extend the limited research on the use of language of intervention in bilingual children with ASD. This study compared a monolingual English treatment and a bilingual English-Spanish treatment, to examine which one was more efficient.
Methods: A single-subject alternating treatment design with a baseline was used to compare the efficacy of two treatment conditions in increasing language skills in a bilingual child with ASD. The …