50 recherche sur le mot-clé 'communication and language'

The Assessment of Phase of Preschool Language: Applying the language benchmarks framework to characterize language profiles and change in four- to five-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder / Helen E. FLANAGAN in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 4 (January-December 2019)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism & Developmental Language Impairments > 4 (January-December 2019) Titre : The Assessment of Phase of Preschool Language: Applying the language benchmarks framework to characterize language profiles and change in four- to five-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Helen E. FLANAGAN, Auteur ; Isabel M. SMITH, Auteur ; Fiona DAVIDSON, Auteur Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorders  communication and language  intervention/therapy  pre-school children  Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background and aimsWe introduce the Assessment of Phase of Preschool Language (APPL), a rating form that characterizes children s language according to a well-established framework recommended by Tager-Flusberg et al. (2009). The language benchmarks framework defines children s language as falling at one of the Pre-verbal, First Words, Word Combinations, Sentences, or Complex Language phases for phonology, vocabulary, grammar, pragmatics, and overall language. The APPL is a flexible assessment tool that allows assessors to determine language phase using a range of assessment sources: natural language samples, standardized measures, and/or parent rating forms. Using the APPL, we examined language profiles in four- and five-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder and explored language development during a community-based Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention program.MethodsCommunity speech-language pathologists completed the APPL with 95 four- and five-year-olds at the beginning of the treatment. The APPL was re-administered after a mean of 10 months of intervention (SD=2 months) for 46 of these children. Children received treatment for up to 15 h per week in their homes and/or community childcare centers. Pivotal Response Treatment was the main form of intervention. The Picture Exchange Communication System or other augmentative and alternative communication systems were also used with many pre-verbal children.ResultsAt the beginning of intervention, the most common language phase was Word Combinations (44%), followed by Pre-verbal (26%), Sentences (20%), and then First Words (10%). Only 24% of children had even profiles (i.e. phonology, vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics skills at the same level). Phonology was a common area of relative strength, and pragmatics was a common area of relative weakness. Ten months of intervention was associated with gains in overall language phase for 37% of children. Approximately half gained at least one phase in Grammar (57%), Vocabulary (51%), and Phonology (46%), while Pragmatics improved for 33%. Gains varied based on initial language phase. Inclusion of skills using augmentative and alternative communication enhanced interpretation of change during intervention.ConclusionsFour- and five-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder in this sample tended to have uneven skills across expressive language domains. Community-based Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention was associated with gains in language phase in older preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. Gains varied across language domains and were influenced by initial language phase.ImplicationsThe Assessment of Phase of Preschool Language is a useful tool to support consistent application of the language benchmarks framework. It is important to consider all language domains when characterizing language skills and treatment impact in children with autism spectrum disorder. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941519864084 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=409 [article] The Assessment of Phase of Preschool Language: Applying the language benchmarks framework to characterize language profiles and change in four- to five-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder [texte imprimé] / Helen E. FLANAGAN, Auteur ; Isabel M. SMITH, Auteur ; Fiona DAVIDSON, Auteur. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments > 4 (January-December 2019) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorders  communication and language  intervention/therapy  pre-school children  Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background and aimsWe introduce the Assessment of Phase of Preschool Language (APPL), a rating form that characterizes children s language according to a well-established framework recommended by Tager-Flusberg et al. (2009). The language benchmarks framework defines children s language as falling at one of the Pre-verbal, First Words, Word Combinations, Sentences, or Complex Language phases for phonology, vocabulary, grammar, pragmatics, and overall language. The APPL is a flexible assessment tool that allows assessors to determine language phase using a range of assessment sources: natural language samples, standardized measures, and/or parent rating forms. Using the APPL, we examined language profiles in four- and five-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder and explored language development during a community-based Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention program.MethodsCommunity speech-language pathologists completed the APPL with 95 four- and five-year-olds at the beginning of the treatment. The APPL was re-administered after a mean of 10 months of intervention (SD=2 months) for 46 of these children. Children received treatment for up to 15 h per week in their homes and/or community childcare centers. Pivotal Response Treatment was the main form of intervention. The Picture Exchange Communication System or other augmentative and alternative communication systems were also used with many pre-verbal children.ResultsAt the beginning of intervention, the most common language phase was Word Combinations (44%), followed by Pre-verbal (26%), Sentences (20%), and then First Words (10%). Only 24% of children had even profiles (i.e. phonology, vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics skills at the same level). Phonology was a common area of relative strength, and pragmatics was a common area of relative weakness. Ten months of intervention was associated with gains in overall language phase for 37% of children. Approximately half gained at least one phase in Grammar (57%), Vocabulary (51%), and Phonology (46%), while Pragmatics improved for 33%. Gains varied based on initial language phase. Inclusion of skills using augmentative and alternative communication enhanced interpretation of change during intervention.ConclusionsFour- and five-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder in this sample tended to have uneven skills across expressive language domains. Community-based Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention was associated with gains in language phase in older preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. Gains varied across language domains and were influenced by initial language phase.ImplicationsThe Assessment of Phase of Preschool Language is a useful tool to support consistent application of the language benchmarks framework. It is important to consider all language domains when characterizing language skills and treatment impact in children with autism spectrum disorder. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941519864084 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=409

The role of social drivers of health in communication abilities of autistic adolescents and young adults / Teresa GIROLAMO in Autism, 30-2 (February 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 30-2 (February 2026) . - p.329-345 Titre : The role of social drivers of health in communication abilities of autistic adolescents and young adults Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Teresa GIROLAMO, Auteur ; Alicia ESCOBEDO, Auteur ; Lindsay BUTLER, Auteur ; Caroline A. LARSON, Auteur ; Iván CAMPOS, Auteur ; Kyle GREENE-PENDELTON, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.329-345 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : adolescents  adults  autism spectrum disorders  communication and language  environmental factors Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Despite their relevance to outcomes in autism, little is known about how social drivers of health affect communication, especially in transition-aged autistic adolescents and young adults with structural language impairment. This knowledge gap limits our understanding of developmental trajectories and the ability to develop supports. This cross-sectional study examined the role of social drivers of health in the communication abilities of autistic individuals ages 13–30. Participants (N = 73) completed language, nonverbal cognitive assessments, and social drivers of health (sense of community, unmet services, barriers to services) measures. Data were analyzed descriptively and using mixed-effects modeling. More unmet service needs, more barriers to services, and a lower sense of community were associated with greater social communication impairment. In turn, both unmet service needs and barriers to services were negatively associated with functional communication. In regression modeling, language scores contributed to functional communication, and sense of community to social communication impairment. Findings support the relevance of language and social drivers of health in communication. Future work should focus on possible bidirectional relationships between these variables and explore and real-world translation.Lay Abstract Where people live, work, and spend their time is important. Environments can have more or less services or differ in how much they help people feel like they belong to their community. These parts of the environment are called social drivers of health. Social drivers of health are important for outcomes in autism, but we do not know much about them in autistic teens or young adults. We recruited 73 autistic teens and young adults (ages 13–30 years) and 52 caregivers to our study. Autistic teens and young adults did language and NVIQ tests on Zoom. Autistic teens, young adults, and caregivers also answered questionnaires. Sense of community was important for social communication impairment, and language was important for real-world communication. These findings tell us two things. First, thinking about how to create supportive communication environments for autistic teens and adults is important. Second, understanding how social drivers of health shape outcomes is important. In the future, we should focus on how improving environments can help autistic teens and adults meet their communication goals. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613251380448 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=578 [article] The role of social drivers of health in communication abilities of autistic adolescents and young adults [texte imprimé] / Teresa GIROLAMO, Auteur ; Alicia ESCOBEDO, Auteur ; Lindsay BUTLER, Auteur ; Caroline A. LARSON, Auteur ; Iván CAMPOS, Auteur ; Kyle GREENE-PENDELTON, Auteur . - p.329-345. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 30-2 (February 2026) . - p.329-345 Mots-clés : adolescents  adults  autism spectrum disorders  communication and language  environmental factors Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Despite their relevance to outcomes in autism, little is known about how social drivers of health affect communication, especially in transition-aged autistic adolescents and young adults with structural language impairment. This knowledge gap limits our understanding of developmental trajectories and the ability to develop supports. This cross-sectional study examined the role of social drivers of health in the communication abilities of autistic individuals ages 13–30. Participants (N = 73) completed language, nonverbal cognitive assessments, and social drivers of health (sense of community, unmet services, barriers to services) measures. Data were analyzed descriptively and using mixed-effects modeling. More unmet service needs, more barriers to services, and a lower sense of community were associated with greater social communication impairment. In turn, both unmet service needs and barriers to services were negatively associated with functional communication. In regression modeling, language scores contributed to functional communication, and sense of community to social communication impairment. Findings support the relevance of language and social drivers of health in communication. Future work should focus on possible bidirectional relationships between these variables and explore and real-world translation.Lay Abstract Where people live, work, and spend their time is important. Environments can have more or less services or differ in how much they help people feel like they belong to their community. These parts of the environment are called social drivers of health. Social drivers of health are important for outcomes in autism, but we do not know much about them in autistic teens or young adults. We recruited 73 autistic teens and young adults (ages 13–30 years) and 52 caregivers to our study. Autistic teens and young adults did language and NVIQ tests on Zoom. Autistic teens, young adults, and caregivers also answered questionnaires. Sense of community was important for social communication impairment, and language was important for real-world communication. These findings tell us two things. First, thinking about how to create supportive communication environments for autistic teens and adults is important. Second, understanding how social drivers of health shape outcomes is important. In the future, we should focus on how improving environments can help autistic teens and adults meet their communication goals. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613251380448 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=578

Efficacy of a novel augmentative and alternative communication system in promoting requesting skills in young children with Autism Spectrum  Disorder in India: A pilot study / Sudha SRINIVASAN in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 7 (January-December 2022)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism & Developmental Language Impairments > 7 (January-December 2022) Titre : Efficacy of a novel augmentative and alternative communication system in promoting requesting skills in young children with Autism Spectrum  Disorder in India: A pilot study Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Sudha SRINIVASAN, Auteur ; Siddhi PATEL, Auteur ; Avadhut KHADE, Auteur ; Gaganjot BEDI, Auteur ; Jyoti MOHITE, Auteur ; Ajanta SEN, Auteur ; Ravi POOVAIAH, Auteur Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Augmentative and alternative communication  autism spectrum disorders  communication and language  requesting skills  culturally-valid AAC intervention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background & aims: The study assessed the efficacy of a novel, child-friendly, socio-culturally sensitive, icon-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system called Jellow Communicator, in teaching requesting skills to young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a special school in Mumbai, India. Jellow is a comprehensive AAC system with a lexicon and pictorial library designed using a participatory, user-centric design process. The content of Jellow has been developed bearing in mind the socio-cultural and linguistic diversity of India. Jellow is available in low-tech (flashcards, booklet) and high-tech (Android and iOS app and desktop application) versions. Methods: The quasi-experimental longitudinal study involved seventeen 3.5 “12-year-old children with ASD with communication challenges. Children were taught to use the Jellow AAC system to request for preferred items, as part of their regular speech therapy sessions. Each child received one-on-one training sessions with a licensed speech therapist twice a week over a 3-month duration, with each session lasting around 20 “30 min. A systematic training protocol adapted from the original Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) was developed to train children to use the Jellow system, progressing from flashcards to the app version of Jellow. Behavioral training strategies such as modeling, least-to-most prompting, differential reinforcement, and behavior chain interruption were used to facilitate requesting behaviors. The speech therapist assessed children’s developmental level across multiple domains at pretest and posttest. We coded 3 videos per child, i.e., one early, one mid, and one late training session each, to assess changes in children’s stage of communication, spontaneous requesting abilities, level of attention during training trials, and average time to completion for requesting trials. In addition, caregivers filled out questionnaires to assess training-related changes in children’s adaptive functioning levels as well as the psychosocial impact of the Jellow AAC system on children’s quality of life. Results: Children significantly improved their stage of communication, and a majority of children transitioned from flashcards to using the Jellow app to request for preferred items. Children also increased the proportion of spontaneous requests over the course of training. Caregivers reported a positive perceived psychosocial impact of the Jellow AAC system on their child’s self-esteem, adaptability, and competence. Conclusions: The findings from our pilot study support the use of the novel, socio-culturally adapted, Jellow Communicator AAC system for teaching requesting skills to young children with ASD who use multiple communication modalities. Future studies should replicate our findings with a larger group of participants using a randomized controlled trial design. Implications: This is the first experimental study to systematically assess the effects of an indigenously-developed comprehensive AAC system adapted to the sociocultural and linguistic landscape of India. Our study results provide support for the use of the cost-effective Jellow Communicator AAC system in facilitating requesting skills in children with ASD who use multiple communication modalities. Clinicians can use low-tech and high-tech versions of Jellow to promote communication skills in children with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969415221120749 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=491 [article] Efficacy of a novel augmentative and alternative communication system in promoting requesting skills in young children with Autism Spectrum  Disorder in India: A pilot study [texte imprimé] / Sudha SRINIVASAN, Auteur ; Siddhi PATEL, Auteur ; Avadhut KHADE, Auteur ; Gaganjot BEDI, Auteur ; Jyoti MOHITE, Auteur ; Ajanta SEN, Auteur ; Ravi POOVAIAH, Auteur. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments > 7 (January-December 2022) Mots-clés : Augmentative and alternative communication  autism spectrum disorders  communication and language  requesting skills  culturally-valid AAC intervention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background & aims: The study assessed the efficacy of a novel, child-friendly, socio-culturally sensitive, icon-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system called Jellow Communicator, in teaching requesting skills to young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a special school in Mumbai, India. Jellow is a comprehensive AAC system with a lexicon and pictorial library designed using a participatory, user-centric design process. The content of Jellow has been developed bearing in mind the socio-cultural and linguistic diversity of India. Jellow is available in low-tech (flashcards, booklet) and high-tech (Android and iOS app and desktop application) versions. Methods: The quasi-experimental longitudinal study involved seventeen 3.5 “12-year-old children with ASD with communication challenges. Children were taught to use the Jellow AAC system to request for preferred items, as part of their regular speech therapy sessions. Each child received one-on-one training sessions with a licensed speech therapist twice a week over a 3-month duration, with each session lasting around 20 “30 min. A systematic training protocol adapted from the original Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) was developed to train children to use the Jellow system, progressing from flashcards to the app version of Jellow. Behavioral training strategies such as modeling, least-to-most prompting, differential reinforcement, and behavior chain interruption were used to facilitate requesting behaviors. The speech therapist assessed children’s developmental level across multiple domains at pretest and posttest. We coded 3 videos per child, i.e., one early, one mid, and one late training session each, to assess changes in children’s stage of communication, spontaneous requesting abilities, level of attention during training trials, and average time to completion for requesting trials. In addition, caregivers filled out questionnaires to assess training-related changes in children’s adaptive functioning levels as well as the psychosocial impact of the Jellow AAC system on children’s quality of life. Results: Children significantly improved their stage of communication, and a majority of children transitioned from flashcards to using the Jellow app to request for preferred items. Children also increased the proportion of spontaneous requests over the course of training. Caregivers reported a positive perceived psychosocial impact of the Jellow AAC system on their child’s self-esteem, adaptability, and competence. Conclusions: The findings from our pilot study support the use of the novel, socio-culturally adapted, Jellow Communicator AAC system for teaching requesting skills to young children with ASD who use multiple communication modalities. Future studies should replicate our findings with a larger group of participants using a randomized controlled trial design. Implications: This is the first experimental study to systematically assess the effects of an indigenously-developed comprehensive AAC system adapted to the sociocultural and linguistic landscape of India. Our study results provide support for the use of the cost-effective Jellow Communicator AAC system in facilitating requesting skills in children with ASD who use multiple communication modalities. Clinicians can use low-tech and high-tech versions of Jellow to promote communication skills in children with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969415221120749 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=491

Autistic preschoolers’ engagement and language use in gross motor versus symbolic play settings / Amanda V. BINNS in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 7 (January-December 2022)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism & Developmental Language Impairments > 7 (January-December 2022) Titre : Autistic preschoolers’ engagement and language use in gross motor versus symbolic play settings Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Amanda V. BINNS, Auteur ; Devin M. CASENHISER, Auteur ; Stuart G. SHANKER, Auteur ; Janis Oram CARDY, Auteur Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorders  intervention/therapy  communication and language  parent-child interaction therapy  pre-school children Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background and aims: Although adjustment of the environment is recommended as a support strategy in evidence-based interventions for children with autism, the impact of doing so (and the how and why) is not well understood. One essential environmental factor to consider when providing supports for preschool-aged autistic children is the play setting, specifically, the materials available in the child’s play context. The aim of this study was to compare engagement states and number of utterances produced by preschool-aged autistic children within symbolic vs. gross motor play settings. Examining the relationship between gross motor play settings and children’s social engagement and spoken language use is particularly important to explore for autistic children given differences in their sensory processing, motor skill development, and choice of and interaction with toys relative to neurotypical peers. Methods: Seventy autistic children aged 25-57 months were videotaped during natural play interactions with a parent. Children’s social engagement and number of spoken utterances were examined in five minutes each of play with symbolic toys and play with gross motor toys. Continuous time-tagged video coding of the child-caregiver engagement states was conducted, and the child’s frequency of spoken language was identified using language sample analysis. The specific variables examined were; (a) engagement with caregiver, (b) engagement with objects only, (c) unengaged (no evident engagement with objects or people), and (d) total number of spoken utterances. The relationship between play setting (symbolic vs gross motor) and child language and engagement state variables was examined with linear mixed effects modelling. Results: Significant main effects were revealed for the interaction between play setting and autistic children’s engagement. Young autistic children were more likely to engage with caregivers in play environments with gross motor toys (moderate effect) and also were more likely to have periods of unengaged time (not overtly directing their attention to objects or people; small effect) in this setting. Further, when in a setting with symbolic toys, autistic children were more likely to spend their time focusing attention solely on objects (large effect). No interaction was found between play setting and total number of utterances spoken by autistic children. Conclusions and implications: This study confirmed the importance of continued research focused on understanding the relationship between children’s play settings and their social engagement and language use. Although preliminary, findings support the idea that there is an interaction between preschool-aged autistic children’s social engagement and their play settings. Further, our results suggest that there can be value in clinicians differentiating children’s play settings (i.e., gross motor vs symbolic) when assessing and supporting social engagement capacities of young autistic children. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969415221115045 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=491 [article] Autistic preschoolers’ engagement and language use in gross motor versus symbolic play settings [texte imprimé] / Amanda V. BINNS, Auteur ; Devin M. CASENHISER, Auteur ; Stuart G. SHANKER, Auteur ; Janis Oram CARDY, Auteur. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments > 7 (January-December 2022) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorders  intervention/therapy  communication and language  parent-child interaction therapy  pre-school children Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background and aims: Although adjustment of the environment is recommended as a support strategy in evidence-based interventions for children with autism, the impact of doing so (and the how and why) is not well understood. One essential environmental factor to consider when providing supports for preschool-aged autistic children is the play setting, specifically, the materials available in the child’s play context. The aim of this study was to compare engagement states and number of utterances produced by preschool-aged autistic children within symbolic vs. gross motor play settings. Examining the relationship between gross motor play settings and children’s social engagement and spoken language use is particularly important to explore for autistic children given differences in their sensory processing, motor skill development, and choice of and interaction with toys relative to neurotypical peers. Methods: Seventy autistic children aged 25-57 months were videotaped during natural play interactions with a parent. Children’s social engagement and number of spoken utterances were examined in five minutes each of play with symbolic toys and play with gross motor toys. Continuous time-tagged video coding of the child-caregiver engagement states was conducted, and the child’s frequency of spoken language was identified using language sample analysis. The specific variables examined were; (a) engagement with caregiver, (b) engagement with objects only, (c) unengaged (no evident engagement with objects or people), and (d) total number of spoken utterances. The relationship between play setting (symbolic vs gross motor) and child language and engagement state variables was examined with linear mixed effects modelling. Results: Significant main effects were revealed for the interaction between play setting and autistic children’s engagement. Young autistic children were more likely to engage with caregivers in play environments with gross motor toys (moderate effect) and also were more likely to have periods of unengaged time (not overtly directing their attention to objects or people; small effect) in this setting. Further, when in a setting with symbolic toys, autistic children were more likely to spend their time focusing attention solely on objects (large effect). No interaction was found between play setting and total number of utterances spoken by autistic children. Conclusions and implications: This study confirmed the importance of continued research focused on understanding the relationship between children’s play settings and their social engagement and language use. Although preliminary, findings support the idea that there is an interaction between preschool-aged autistic children’s social engagement and their play settings. Further, our results suggest that there can be value in clinicians differentiating children’s play settings (i.e., gross motor vs symbolic) when assessing and supporting social engagement capacities of young autistic children. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969415221115045 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=491

How set switching affects the use of context-appropriate language by autistic and neuro-typical children / Louise MALKIN in Autism, 25-8 (November 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 25-8 (November 2021) . - p.2418-2422 Titre : How set switching affects the use of context-appropriate language by autistic and neuro-typical children Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Louise MALKIN, Auteur ; Kirsten ABBOT-SMITH, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2418-2422 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Autistic Disorder  Child  Humans  Language  autism spectrum disorders  cognitive flexibility  communication and language  executive functioning  pragmatics  school-age children  switching  verbal reference Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The way autistic individuals use language often gives the impression that they are not considering how much information listeners need in a given context. The same child can give too much information in one context (e.g. saying 'the big cup' with only one cup present) and too little information in another context (e.g. entering a room and announcing 'the red one' when the listener has no prior knowledge regarding what this refers to). We asked whether many autistic children particularly struggle to tailor their language appropriately in situations where this means changing how they have previously described something. That is, if a speaker has recently described an object as 'the cup', the need to switch to describing it as 'the big cup' could hinder the speaker's ability to use language in a context-appropriate way. We found that switching descriptions indeed makes it more difficult for children to use language in a context-appropriate way, but that this effect did not play out differently for autistic versus neuro-typical children. Autistic children were, however, less likely to provide a context-appropriate amount of information overall than were neuro-typical peers. The combination of these effects meant that when object re-description was required, autistic children only produced an appropriate description half the time. In contrast, without a requirement to re-describe, autistic children could indeed take listener informational needs into account. Applied professionals should consider whether a requirement to change the way the child has previously said something may hinder a child's ability to communicate effectively. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613211012860 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=451 [article] How set switching affects the use of context-appropriate language by autistic and neuro-typical children [texte imprimé] / Louise MALKIN, Auteur ; Kirsten ABBOT-SMITH, Auteur . - p.2418-2422. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 25-8 (November 2021) . - p.2418-2422 Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Autistic Disorder  Child  Humans  Language  autism spectrum disorders  cognitive flexibility  communication and language  executive functioning  pragmatics  school-age children  switching  verbal reference Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The way autistic individuals use language often gives the impression that they are not considering how much information listeners need in a given context. The same child can give too much information in one context (e.g. saying 'the big cup' with only one cup present) and too little information in another context (e.g. entering a room and announcing 'the red one' when the listener has no prior knowledge regarding what this refers to). We asked whether many autistic children particularly struggle to tailor their language appropriately in situations where this means changing how they have previously described something. That is, if a speaker has recently described an object as 'the cup', the need to switch to describing it as 'the big cup' could hinder the speaker's ability to use language in a context-appropriate way. We found that switching descriptions indeed makes it more difficult for children to use language in a context-appropriate way, but that this effect did not play out differently for autistic versus neuro-typical children. Autistic children were, however, less likely to provide a context-appropriate amount of information overall than were neuro-typical peers. The combination of these effects meant that when object re-description was required, autistic children only produced an appropriate description half the time. In contrast, without a requirement to re-describe, autistic children could indeed take listener informational needs into account. Applied professionals should consider whether a requirement to change the way the child has previously said something may hinder a child's ability to communicate effectively. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613211012860 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=451

A review of language regression in autism spectrum disorder and the role of language theories: Towards explanation / Kaitlyn A. CLARKE in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 4 (January-December 2019)  

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Social Interaction Skill Intervention for Autistic Adults with Intellectual Disability and Limited Language: A Pilot of the SKILL Program / Emily F. FERGUSON in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51-5 (May 2021)  

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Studies assessing domains pertaining to structural language in autism vary in reporting practices and approaches to assessment: A systematic review / Lue SHEN ; Amalia MONROE-GULICK ; Mabel L. RICE ; Inge-Marie EIGSTI in Autism, 28-7 (July 2024)  

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Supporting autistic adults' episodic memory recall in interviews: The role of executive functions, theory of mind, and language abilities / Jade Eloise NORRIS in Autism, 26-2 (February 2022)  

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Does phonetic repertoire in minimally verbal autistic preschoolers predict the severity of later expressive language impairment? / Jo SAUL in Autism, 24-5 (July 2020)  

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