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Self-paced segmentation of written words on a touchscreen tablet promotes the oral production of nonverbal and minimally verbal children with autism
- Source :
- Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs. 17:265-273
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2017.
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Abstract
- We investigated in a pilot study the effects of various types of visual mediation (photos, written words and self-paced syllabic segmentation of written words displayed on a touchscreen tablet) that are thought to facilitate the oral production of nonverbal and minimally verbal children with autism, according to the participants’ level of oral language development and, more specifically, their ability to produce delayed echolalia. We also sought to identify the cognitive characteristics that need to be taken into account when seeking to develop the oral production of nonverbal children with autism. Results showed that the nonverbal and minimally verbal children with autism were able of using written words to produce them orally. Their performance was largely dependent on their level of language development. Tasks combining written and oral modalities prompted some of them to engage in oral production for the first time (isolated syllables for nonverbal children) and allowed others to produce non-random strings of syllables (minimally verbal children).
- Subjects :
- Echolalia
05 social sciences
050301 education
Cognition
medicine.disease
Language acquisition
behavioral disciplines and activities
Education
Developmental psychology
Language development
Nonverbal communication
medicine
Autism
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Written language
Syllabic verse
medicine.symptom
Psychology
0503 education
050104 developmental & child psychology
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14713802
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7a8464a733d7798ae0dc05ca7e5d2c30