Teaching conversation to children with ASD

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Dear members of listserv,

My name is Geetika Agarwal. I am a graduate student currently working on my

dissertation research which looks at the effect of a child's motivation on

learning conversational skills. We are recruiting children between the age of 4

to 12 years with the diagnosis of ASD for this study.

To be eligible, a child should possess the following skills:

1. Strong verbal imitation skills (be able to imitate/repeat 4-5 word phrases).

2. Be able to answer simple wh- questions (what is your name etc.) with

minimal to no prompting.

3. Seldom ask questions or initiate interaction with others.

4. Have no significant problem behavior that can interfere with the study.

The study is currently underway and we are looking to add more participants to

our group. It is an individual, one on one intervention research. The research

is being conducted at the Marcus Autism Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

If you are interested to know more about the project or have any question, feel

free to contact me at or email me at gaq3f@... or

geetikaagarwal@....

I look forward to hearing from you. a

Geetika Agarwal, M.A., B.C.B.A.

Doctoral Candidate

University of Missouri Columbia