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Measurements of Spontaneous Communication Initiations in Children with Autism in Preschool through Third Grade Classrooms
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Birkeneder, Sandy Luong; Sparapani, Nicole – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
We utilized classroom video observations to examine the frequency and function of spontaneous communication in 112 preschool-3rd grade children with autism within 57 classrooms. Children initiated 7.53 instances (SD = 9.42) of spontaneous communication on average within a 12-minute sample, a rate of 0.69 initiations per minute. Autism features,…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Primary Education
Brief Report: Associations between Preverbal Social Communication Skills, Language and Symptom Severity in Children with Autism--An Investigation Using the Early Sociocognitive Battery
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Taylor, Lauren J.; Charman, Tony; Howlin, Patricia; Slonims, Vicky; Green, Jonathan; Aldred, Catherine; Aldred, Catherine; Le Couteur, Ann; Emsley, Richard A.; Grahame, Victoria; Humphrey, Neil; Leadbitter, Kathy; McConachie, Helen; Parr, Jeremy R.; Pickles, Andrew; Taylor, Carol; Balabanovska, Matea; Beach, Hilary; Byford, Sarah; Bennett, Claire; Carruthers, Sophie; Crook, Imogen; Danvers, Hannah; Dartnall, Kate; Ellis, Ceri; Foote, Hannah; Graham, Jessica; James, Kirsty; Jamieson, Sarah; Knight, Anna; Lowe, Jo; Madeley, Ruth; Mitchell, Olivia; Monteiro, Francisca; Moore, Heather L.; Morley, Helen; Rose, Jessica; Rogan, Leanne; Vosper, Susanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
We investigated the early sociocognitive battery (ESB), a novel measure of preverbal social communication skills, in children with autism participating in the Paediatric Autism Communication Trial-Generalised (PACT-G). The associations between ESB scores, language and autism symptoms were assessed in 249 children aged 2-11 years. The results show…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Communication
Gender Differences in Pragmatic Communication in School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
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Conlon, Olivia; Volden, Joanne; Smith, Isabel M.; Duku, Eric; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Waddell, Charlotte; Szatmari, Peter; Mirenda, Pat; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Bennett, Teresa; Georgiades, Stelios; Elsabbagh, Mayada; Ungar, Wendy. J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Possible gender differences in manifestations of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were examined using data on production of narratives. The Expression, Reception and Recall of Narrative Instrument (ERRNI; Bishop, Expression, Reception and Recall of Narrative Instrument, Harcourt assessment, London, 2004) was administered to a sample of matched…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Pragmatics, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
The Role of Supported Joint Engagement and Parent Utterances in Language and Social Communication Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Bottema-Beutel, Kristen; Yoder, Paul J.; Hochman, Julia M.; Watson, Linda R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
This study examined associations between three parent-child engagement states and social communication, expressive language, and receptive language at 8 month follow-up, in 63 preschool-age children with autism spectrum disorder. We extend the literature on supported joint engagement by dividing this state into higher order (HSJE) and lower order…
Descriptors: Correlation, Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Expressive Language
Brief Report: Parent Verbal Responsiveness and Language Development in Toddlers on the Autism Spectrum
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Haebig, Eileen; McDuffie, Andrea; Ellis Weismer, Susan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
This study examined the longitudinal associations between parent verbal responsiveness and language 3 years later in 34 toddlers with a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder. Parent-child play samples were coded for child engagement and communication acts and for parent verbal responsiveness. Measures of responsive verbal behaviors were used to…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parent Child Relationship
Pragmatic Impairments in Adults with Childhood Diagnoses of Autism or Developmental Receptive Language Disorder.
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Eales, Martin J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1993
Analysis of conversations of 15 adults with autism and 17 with developmental receptive language disorders in childhood indicated that the autistic adults showed greater pragmatic impairment because of their greater difficulty in forming context-relevant communicative intentions. Pragmatic impairments arising from failures in translating intentions…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Children, Communication Skills