{"id":3312,"date":"2015-09-24T13:14:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/?page_id=3312"},"modified":"2019-08-05T09:39:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T13:39:24","slug":"apples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/research\/past-research\/apples\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Applications for Language Enhancement Study (AppLES)<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/longerdots-e1563460517642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1539\" height=\"30\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4767 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/longerdots-e1563460517642.png 1539w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/longerdots-e1563460517642-650x13.png 650w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/longerdots-e1563460517642-768x15.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/longerdots-e1563460517642-1024x20.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1539px) 100vw, 1539px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/autism\/files\/2015\/09\/Logo-updated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2015\/09\/Logo-updated-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"Logo-updated\" class=\"wp-image-3314 alignleft\" height=\"211\" width=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Apps for Language Enhancement Study (AppLES) explored whether mobile apps for tablets can increase language in minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism. Although, there has been an explosion in the number of mobile apps developed for children, including those with autism, at present there have been no large scale studies investigating whether apps lead to significant changes in language. We wanted to evaluate the effects that educational apps have on spoken language, and to develop language outcome measures that will be made available for future interventions research on autism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2015\/12\/Brochure1final-332x300.jpg\" alt=\"Brochure1final\" width=\"205\" height=\"185\" class=\"wp-image-3478 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2015\/12\/Brochure1final-332x300.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2015\/12\/Brochure1final.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Who participated?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Children and adolescents with a confirmed diagnosis of autism<\/li>\n<li>Ages 5 \u2013 17 years old<\/li>\n<li>English is primary language spoken in the home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What did participants do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Participants completed several play-based assessments, including spoken language, at their school and in their homes.<\/li>\n<li>Parents completed questionnaires about their child\u2019s development.<\/li>\n<li>Participants played with the assigned app for 12 weeks in their homes under their parents\u2019 guidance.<\/li>\n<li>Language was assessed again after the 12-week intervention was complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2015\/12\/Brochure2final-398x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"154\" class=\"wp-image-3477 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2015\/12\/Brochure2final-398x300.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2015\/12\/Brochure2final.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stay tuned to see what we discover! <br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/strong><strong>So far, we are still analyzing the data.<\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications for Language Enhancement Study (AppLES) The Apps for Language Enhancement Study (AppLES) explored whether mobile apps for tablets can increase language in minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism. Although, there has been an explosion in the number of mobile apps developed for children, including those with autism, at present there have been no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10319,"featured_media":0,"parent":3816,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3312"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5576,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3312\/revisions\/5576"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}