Many Speech-Language Pathologists treat individuals who are minimally verbal with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There are a variety of intervention approaches available that facilitate improvements in communication. This investigation explored the effects of (Faded) Aided Language Stimulation (ALS), an intervention approach that can address both augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and verbal vocabulary needs for those individuals. The research purpose of this experiment was to implement (Faded) ALS as a faded prompt to examine the effects on expressive vocabulary productions for minimally verbal children with ASD.
