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Eliciting Language Samples for Analysis

Eliciting Language Samples for Analysis (ELSA) is a language elicitation protocol developed by Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg and colleagues at Boston University’s Center for Autism Research Excellence. Developed in 2016, ELSA is an innovative method for assessing improvements in language and communication skills. Access all ELSA materials and manuals, and our adapted toddler version, ELSA-T, on this site.