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Direct linkWard, Karen D.; Shukla Mehta, Smita – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Social participation of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in natural environments can be enhanced by teaching them to communicate spontaneously, at least in situations where they have the motivation to access specific items or activities by controlling the amount of access for these stimuli. The purpose of this study was to determine…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Stimuli, Motivation
Reinhartsen, D. B.; Tapia, A. L.; Watson, L.; Crais, E.; Bradley, C.; Fairchild, J.; Herring, A. H.; Daniels, J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
We examined language profiles of 2571 children, 30-68 months old, with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), other developmental disabilities (DD), and typical development from the general population (POP). Children were categorized as expressive dominant (ED), receptive dominant (RD), or nondominant (ND). Within each group, the ED profile was the least…
Descriptors: Profiles, Toddlers, Young Children, Autism
Dyck, Murray J.; Piek, Jan P.; Patrick, Jeff – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
We tested whether developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and mixed receptive expressive language disorder (RELD) are valid diagnoses by assessing whether they are separated from each other, from other childhood disorders, and from normality by natural boundaries termed zones of rarity. Standardized measures of intelligence, language, motor…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Retardation, Autism, Social Cognition
Meadan, Hedda; Halle, James; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; De Stefano, Lizanne – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2008
Many individuals with developmental disabilities show delays in the development of sophisticated communication skills. Listeners often misunderstand their unconventional means of communication, and breakdowns occur. A "communication repair" is a second attempt to communicate a message when a breakdown is encountered. Qualitative methods were…
Descriptors: Maintenance, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children
Lerman, Dorothea C.; Parten, Mandy; Addison, Laura R.; Vorndran, Christina M.; Volkert, Valerie M.; Kodak, Tiffany – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
An approach based on Skinner's (1957) theory of verbal behavior has been developed to understand and teach elementary communication skills to children with autism and developmental disabilities (Sundberg & Partington, 1998). However, few studies have directly examined the characteristics of emerging language in children with developmental…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Expressive Language, Communication Skills, Autism
Peer reviewedAtlas, Jeffrey A.; Lapidus, Leah Blumberg – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1988
A total of 48 children (aged 4-14) with severe pervasive developmental disturbance, exhibiting mutism, echolalia, or nonecholalic speech, were observed in their communicative behaviors across modalities. Levels of symbolization in gesture, play, and drawing were significantly intercorrelated and were most strongly correlated with the criterion…
Descriptors: Autism, Body Language, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Lovaas, O. Ivar – 2003
This teaching manual for treatment of children with developmental disabilities is divided into seven sections that address: (1) basic concepts; (2) transition into treatment; (3) early learning concepts; (4) expressive language; (5) strategies for visual learners; (6) programmatic considerations; and (7) organizational and legal issues. Among…
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities
PDF pending restorationBrown, Geraldine E.; And Others – 1977
Described is an eclectic program for teaching language and prevocational skills to severely developmentally delayed children. Included are an introduction, a language flow chart, and sections providing behavioral objectives in the following areas: developmental receptive language objectives, developmental expressive language objectives, an…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Autism, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists
