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iPads Help Late-Speaking Children with Autism Develop Language
Published November 12, 2013
in Vanderbilt University
New research out of Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development found that using speech-generating devices, such as iPads, to encourage children ages 5 to 8 to develop speaking skills resulted in the subjects developing considerably more spoken words compared to other interventions. All of the children in the study learned new spoken words and several learned to produce short sentences as they moved through the training.
http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/11/ipads-autism-language/
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