A Systematic Review of Speech Assessments for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Recommendations for Best Practice
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Broome, K., McCabe, P., et al. (2017).
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26(3), 1011-1029.
This systematic review investigates the key components of an evidence-based assessment tool to evaluate speech in children on the autism spectrum.
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1990-December 2014
Peer-reviewed studies
21
"The participants, assessment tasks and reporting standards in the studies included in the systematic review varied widely. Although a number of well-designed studies with clear diagnostic criteria have been completed, without standard reporting protocols for speech sampling and analysis, it remains difficult to draw comparisons between studies. Given this heterogeneity, the results do not provide clear clinical or research guidelines for best practice in the speech assessment of children with [autism spectrum disorder] ASD" (p. 1022).
