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The Window to Language is Still Open: Distinguishing Between Preverbal and Minimally Verbal Children With ASD
- Source :
- Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. 1:4-11
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2016.
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Abstract
- While a large number of preschool age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use no or little spoken language, only a portion will remain minimally verbal into elementary school. Determining whether a child is likely to remain minimally verbal past the preschool years is of great importance to families and clinicians, and can inform intervention efforts. Evidence from both behavioral and neuroimaging studies provide support for the idea that minimally verbal children with ASD have specific and unique expressive language deficits and are not simply at an earlier stage of language development. Intervention that focuses on pre-linguistic skills, such as joint attention, gestures, and vocalizations can be effective to increase language in pre- and minimally verbal children with ASD. The use of speech generating devices (SGD) has also been shown to support spoken language development in this population. Although many preschool aged children with ASD are using no or very little language, many of these children are in fact pre-verbal, and will continue to develop language skills. Targeted intervention, including a focus on pre-linguistic communication and SGD, will help support their language development.
- Subjects :
- Preschool child
05 social sciences
Window (computing)
medicine.disease
behavioral disciplines and activities
Linguistics
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Autism spectrum disorder
medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
050104 developmental & child psychology
Spoken language
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Details
- ISSN :
- 2381473X and 23814764
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7397aeb1c34310c116897705d206f36d