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Jesus M. Pichardo; Megan Foley-Nicpon; Danae Fields; Jung Eui Hong; Court – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Currently, there are no existing measures to screen for or diagnose Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SPCD). We conducted an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the Social Communication Disorder Screener (SCDS), a 14-item, parent-report measure based on the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for SPCD. This EFA examined the internal consistency…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Screening Tests, Factor Analysis, Parents
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Jayes, Mark; Palmer, Rebecca; Enderby, Pamela – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Healthcare professionals without specialist training in communication disorders may not know how to identify and support patients with communication disabilities during mental capacity assessments. To meet this need, a novel communication screening tool was developed and tested as part of a mental capacity assessment support toolkit.…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Aphasia, Screening Tests, Cognitive Tests
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Mattie, Laura J.; Hamrick, Lisa R. – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2022
Background and Aims: Individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) characteristically struggle with language and communication throughout the life course, but there is limited research on the development of communication before 24 months. The purpose of this study is to describe the early communication of infants and toddlers with FXS using the…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Congenital Impairments, Intellectual Disability, Language Impairments
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Abou-Elsaad, Tamer – Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The statistical information that estimates the magnitude of communication disorders among Egyptian children is scarce. At Mansoura University, a prospective study was performed to identify communication disorders among nursery school children in Dakahlia governorate, Egypt to estimate the problem's size among Arabic-speaking Egyptian children…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Communication Disorders, Preschool Children, Identification