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Meaning What You Say? Comprehension and Word Production Skills in Young Children with Autism
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Miniscalco, Carmela; Franberg, Josefina; Schachinger-Lorentzon, Ulrika; Gillberg, Christopher – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
Thirty-one, representative, one- to three-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) were given the MacArthur Communicative Developmental Inventory (CDI) for parent completion and the Reynell Developmental Language Scales III (RDLS) for assessment by a speech and language pathologist. Correspondence across scales was good to excellent,…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Autism, Oral Language, Parents
Executive Functions in Asperger's Syndrome: An Empirical Investigation of Verbal and Nonverbal Skills
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McCrimmon, Adam W.; Schwean, Vicki L.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Montgomery, Janine M.; Brady, Danielle I. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
Deficits in executive functioning (EF) have been proposed to underlie the behavioural patterns of individuals with an autism spectrum disorder. Researchers have shown that the Asperger's syndrome (AS) population performs more poorly than typically developing controls on many EF tasks. However, the research literature is inconsistent in identifying…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Multivariate Analysis, Literature Reviews
Quality Matters! Differences between Expressive and Receptive Non-Verbal Communication Skills in Adolescents with ASD
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Grossman, Ruth B.; Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
We analyzed several studies of non-verbal communication (prosody and facial expressions) completed in our lab and conducted a secondary analysis to compare performance on receptive vs. expressive tasks by adolescents with ASD and their typically developing peers. Results show a significant between-group difference for the aggregate score of…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Adolescents
A Multinational Study Examining the Cross Cultural Differences in Reported Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Israel, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America
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Matson, Johnny L.; Worley, Julie A.; Fodstad, Jill C.; Chung, Kyong-Mee; Suh, Dongsoo; Jhin, Hea Kyung; Ben-Itzchak, Esther; Zachor, Ditza A.; Furniss, Frederick – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Purportedly, there is a worldwide acceptance of diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD); however, cultural differences in regards to what is considered normal development may affect the diagnosis despite the biological basis for the condition. The aim of the current study was to examine the differences in reports of symptoms of ASD…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Cultural Differences
Convergent Validity of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Diagnostic for Children (ASD-DC) and Childhood Autism Rating Scales (CARS)
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Matson, Johnny L.; Mahan, Sara; Hess, Julie A.; Fodstad, Jill C.; Neal, Daniene – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
Previous studies analyzed the reliability as well as sensitivity and specificity of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Diagnostic for Children (ASD-DC). This study further examines the psychometric properties of the ASD-DC by assessing whether the ASD-DC has convergent validity against a psychometrically sound observational instrument for Autistic…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Validity
Establishing Response and Stimulus Classes for Initiating Joint Attention in Children with Autism
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Jones, Emily A. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
The absence of the fundamental skill of "initiating joint attention" reflects the social-communicative impairment characterizing autism. Initiating joint attention is related to social and communication development as well as intervention outcomes for children with autism. A behaviorally based intervention was used to teach an expanded class of…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Intervention, Autism, Attention Span
Intermodal Matching of Emotional Expressions in Young Children with Autism
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Kahana-Kalman, Ronit; Goldman, Sylvie – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
This study examined the ability of young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to detect affective correspondences between facial and vocal expressions of emotion using an intermodal matching paradigm. Four-year-old children with ASD (n = 18) and their age-matched normally developing peers (n = 18) were presented pairs of videotaped facial…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Young Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders