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Referential Choice in Narratives of Mandarin-Speaking Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Form, Function, and Adequacy
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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
Relationship between Speech, Oromotor, Language and Cognitive Abilities in Children with Down's Syndrome
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Cleland, Joanne; Wood, Sara; Hardcastle, William; Wishart, Jennifer; Timmins, Claire – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: Children and young people with Down's syndrome present with deficits in expressive speech and language, accompanied by strengths in vocabulary comprehension compared with non-verbal mental age. Intelligibility is particularly low, but whether speech is delayed or disordered is a controversial topic. Most studies suggest a delay, but no…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Phonology, Adolescents, Receptive Language
Refining the Classification of Children with Selective Mutism: A Latent Profile Analysis
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Cohan, Sharon L.; Chavira, Denise A.; Shipon-Blum, Elisa; Hitchcock, Carla; Roesch, Scott C.; Stein, Murray B. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
The goal of this study was to develop an empirically derived classification system for selective mutism (SM) using parent-report measures of social anxiety, behavior problems, and communication delays. The sample consisted of parents of 130 children (ages 5-12) with SM. Results from latent profile analysis supported a 3-class solution made up of…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication Disorders, Mental Disorders, Children
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism.
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Lord, 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
SLI Subgroups: Interaction between Discourse Constraints and Morphosyntactic Deficits.
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Evans, Julia L. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
This study used a performance-based model to investigate the impact of discourse demands on the pattern of morphosyntactic deficits exhibited by 10 children with specific language impairments (SLI). Findings suggest distinct deficit profiles for subgroups of children with SLI differing in receptive language abilities, not evident when syntactic…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Connected Discourse, Expressive Language
Non-Significance of Early Speech Delay in Children with Autism and Normal Intelligence and Implications for DSM-IV Asperger's Disorder.
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Mayes, 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