Speech Prosody Interventions for Persons With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Holbrook, S., & Israelsen, M. (2020).
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29(4), 2189-2205.
This systematic review investigates speech prosody interventions in individuals on the autism spectrum.
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Experimental group design studies; a quasi-experimental group design studies; experimental single-subject design studies
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Results indicated limited evidence that established evidence-based approaches (e.g., behavioral interventions, modeling, prompting) that specifically targeted prosody over a longer period of time yielded moderate to large improvements in prosody for individuals on the autism spectrum. Intensity and global intonation were reported to be the most successful targets of intervention.
