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Direct linkSengül, Yasemin; Ökcün-Akçamus, Meral Çilem; Bakkaloglu, Hatice – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2021
The aim of this study was to examine classification accuracy for the expressive language skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in terms of object play and imitation scores. A total of 61 children with ASD, who were 2.0-5.11 years old, were included in the study. In order to collect data play and imitation assessment tasks which…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Expressive Language, Language Skills
Thurm, Audrey; Manwaring, Stacy S.; Swineford, Lauren; Farmer, Cristan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2015
Background: A significant minority of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are considered "minimally verbal" due to language development stagnating at a few words. Recent developments allow for the severity of ASD symptoms to be examined using Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Social Affect (SA) and Restricted and…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Severity (of Disability), Verbal Ability, Autism
Sah, Wen-hui – First Language, 2018
This study investigates the referential choice of Mandarin-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The data consist of narratives from 16 children with ASD and 16 typically-developing (TD) children. The narratives were elicited using the wordless picture book "Frog, where are you?" Participants' referential expressions…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Classification, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Thorne, John C.; Coggins, Truman E.; Olson, Heather Carmichael; Astley, Susan J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: To evaluate classification accuracy and clinical feasibility of a narrative analysis tool for identifying children with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Method: Picture-elicited narratives generated by 16 age-matched pairs of school-aged children (FASD vs. typical development [TD]) were coded for semantic elaboration and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Expressive Language, Classification, Autism
Peer reviewedLord, Catherine; Risi, Susan; Lambrecht, Linda; Cook, Edwin H., Jr.; Leventhal, Bennett L.; DiLavore, Pamela C.; Pickles, Andrew; Rutter, Michael – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2000
Psychometric data are presented for 223 children and adults with autism, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS), or nonspectrum diagnoses who took the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Generic. Within each module, diagnostic groups were equivalent on expressive language levels. Results indicate substantial…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Children, Classification
Peer reviewedMayes, Susan Dickerson; Calhoun, Susan L. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2001
A study compared children with autism or Asperger syndrome with speech delays (n=23) with those without speech delays (n=24). No significant differences were found on any of the 71 variables analyzed, including autistic symptoms and expressive language. Results suggest that early speech delay may be irrelevant to later functioning. (Contains…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Children, Classification
