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| P J YoderSummaryAffiliation: Vanderbilt University Country: USA Publications
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Association between differentiated processing of syllables and comprehension of grammatical morphology in children with Down syndromePaul J Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Department of Special Education, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Am J Ment Retard 111:138-52. 2006..The theoretical and clinical ramifications of these results are discussed...- Labels increase attention to novel objects in children with autism and comprehension-matched children with typical developmentAndrea S McDuffie
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA
Autism 10:288-301. 2006..Implications for word-learning theory, intervention strategies and future research are considered... - Early effects of responsivity education/prelinguistic milieu teaching for children with developmental delays and their parentsMarc E Fey
Hearing and Speech Department, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 66160 7605, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 49:526-47. 2006..To evaluate the efficacy of a 6-month course of responsivity education/prelinguistic milieu teaching (RE/PMT) for children with developmental delay and RE/PMT's effects on parenting stress in a randomized clinical trial... - Effects of different attentional cues on responding to joint attention in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disordersAlison G Presmanes
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 37:133-44. 2007..Moderately redundant cues were most difficult for SIBS-ASD relative to SIBS-TD; adding a point to moderately redundant cues improved RJA for SIBS-ASD, bringing them to a level of RJA commensurate with SIBS-TD... - Early social-communicative and cognitive development of younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disordersWendy L Stone
Kennedy Center, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:384-90. 2007..To compare the early social-communicative development of younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) with that of younger siblings of children with typical development, using parental report and child-based measures... 
Initial mean length of utterance predicts the relative efficacy of two grammatical treatments in preschoolers with specific language impairmentPaul J Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 54:1170-81. 2011....- A randomized comparison of the effect of two prelinguistic communication interventions on the acquisition of spoken communication in preschoolers with ASDPaul Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203 5701, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 49:698-711. 2006.... - Teaching young children with autism to talkPaul Yoder
Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
Semin Speech Lang 27:161-72. 2006..Past research has shown that object play, nonverbal communication, and useful speech all are influenced by various types of interventions in young children with autism... - Identifying predictors of treatment responsePaul Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 10:162-8. 2004..Principles for selecting potential predictors of treatment response are provided... - Enhancing power while controlling family-wise error: an illustration of the issues using electrocortical studiesPaul J Yoder
Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Peabody Box 328, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:320-31. 2004.... - Predicting lexical density growth rate in young children with autism spectrum disordersPaul J Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203 5701, USA
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 15:378-88. 2006..The purpose of this longitudinal correlational study was to test whether an environmental variable and 4 child variables predicted growth rate of number of different nonimitative words used (i.e., lexical density)... - Effects of prelinguistic milieu teaching and parent responsivity education on dyads involving children with intellectual disabilitiesPaul J Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 45:1158-74. 2002..Recommended alterations in PMT and implications for defining which nonspeaking children are appropriate for prelinguistic goals and treatment were discussed... 
Predicting social impairment and ASD diagnosis in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorderPaul Yoder
Special Education Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 39:1381-91. 2009..The importance of considering social outcome as a continuous variable in prospective studies of Sibs-ASD is discussed...- Brief Report: Randomized test of the efficacy of picture exchange communication system on highly generalized picture exchanges in children with ASDPaul J Yoder
Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 40:629-32. 2010..These findings were interpreted as support for the hypothesis that the PECS curriculum can successfully teach a generalized means of showing coordinated attention to object and person without requiring eye contact to children with ASD... - Comparing sequential associations within a single dyadP J Yoder
Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37215, USA
Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput 33:331-8. 2001..The results provide the first evidence relevant to evaluating the accuracy of log linear analysis and sampled permutation testing for the purpose of comparing sequential associations within a single dyad... - Relative treatment effects of two prelinguistic communication interventions on language development in toddlers with developmental delays vary by maternal characteristicsP J Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 44:224-37. 2001..Results confirmed the prediction that treatment effects on children's receptive and expressive language 6 and 12 months after the end of interventions vary as a function of pretreatment maternal responsivity and education level... - Randomized comparison of two communication interventions for preschoolers with autism spectrum disordersPaul Yoder
Special Education Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:426-35. 2006..In contrast, the PECS facilitated generalized requests more than the RPMT in children with very little initiating joint attention prior to treatment. These effect sizes were large... - Intentional communication elicits language-facilitating maternal responses in dyads with children who have developmental disabilitiesP J Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Am J Ment Retard 106:327-35. 2001..A pattern of results also supports the conclusion that posttreatment intentional communication to mother was, at least in part, responsible for the effect on posttreatment maternal responses... - Language transactions during development and intervention: theoretical implications for developmental neuroscienceStephen Camarata
John F Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development, P O Box 40, Peabody College, Nashville, TN 37202, USA
Int J Dev Neurosci 20:459-65. 2002.... - Simultaneous treatment of grammatical and speech-comprehensibility deficits in children with Down syndromeStephen Camarata
John F Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Downs Syndr Res Pract 11:9-17. 2006..The study constitutes a conservative test of the intervention effects for reasons that are discussed. The theoretical and applied significance of these findings are discussed... - Speech following sign language training in autistic children with minimal verbal languageP J Yoder
Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203
J Autism Dev Disord 18:217-29. 1988..Exploratory analyses indicated that, in addition to verbal imitation, pretreatment age and IQ may also predict spoken language developed during training... - Predicting spoken language level in children with autism spectrum disordersW L Stone
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Autism 5:341-61. 2001..Implications of these results for understanding the early developmental course of autism spectrum disorders and the effects of intervention are discussed... - Construct validity of the MCDI-I Receptive Vocabulary scale can be improved: differential item functioning between toddlers with autism spectrum disorders and typically developing infantsCornelia Bruckner
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 50:1631-8. 2007..Fenson et al., 1991), a parent-report measure of early vocabulary, could be improved for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by removing items that are biased... - Getting the point: electrophysiological correlates of protodeclarative pointingLynnette M Henderson
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA
Int J Dev Neurosci 20:449-58. 2002.... - Differential treatment intensity research: a missing link to creating optimally effective communication interventionsSteven F Warren
Institute for Life Span Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7555, USA
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 13:70-7. 2007..We conclude with three recommendations for the field... - Early predictors of language in children with and without Down syndromePaul J Yoder
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Am J Ment Retard 109:285-300. 2004..Finally, canonical vocal communication and commenting predicted later productive language only in children without Down syndrome... - Descriptive analysis of epileptic seizures and problem behavior in adults with developmental disabilitiesCeleste Roberts
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Am J Ment Retard 110:405-12. 2005..Findings suggest that seizures and problem behaviors can be associated, but these patterns appear to be highly idiosyncratic across individuals...
Research Grants
- Predicting Useful Speech in Children With AutismPaul J Yoder; Fiscal Year: 2010..Predicting variance in acquiring communicative word use may identify precursors that are appropriate early treatment targets. ..
- ERP & Behavioral Predictors of Language InterventionPaul Yoder; Fiscal Year: 2007..Multiple regression, multivariate permutation tests, and growth curve analyses will be used to test the research questions. Five years of funding are requested. ..
- ERP & Behavioral Predictors of Language InterventionPaul Yoder; Fiscal Year: 2004..General measures of expressive and receptive language will be repeated at the last period. Multiple regression, t-tests and growth curve analyses will be used to test the research questions. Five years of funding are requested. ..
- EARLY COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION IN AUTISTIC CHILDRENPaul Yoder; Fiscal Year: 2004..Assessments of communication, vocabulary, and motor imitation will occur at the pre-treatment, port-treatment, and 6 month follow-up periods. Examiners and coders will be blind to treatment assignment. ..
- Predicting Useful Speech in Children With AutismPaul Yoder; Fiscal Year: 2009..Predicting variance in acquiring communicative word use may identify precursors that are appropriate early treatment targets. ..