Naturalistic observations of elicited expressive communication of children with autism: an analysis of teacher instructions.

Full Abstract

This study observed expressive communication of 17 Australian and 15 Taiwanese children with autism who were mute or had limited spoken language during 2 hour regular school routines and analyzed teacher instructions associated with elicited expressive communication. Results indicated: (a) the frequency of occurrence of elicited expressive communication was very low; (b) the incidence of elicited expressive communication was negatively correlated with autism severity; (c) verbal prompt and a combination of verbal prompt and modeling were the most common types of teacher instruction and the use of physical prompt was a rate event; (d) modeling and verbal prompt were positively correlated with speech and unaided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and a combination of verbal prompt and modeling was positively associated with aided AAC; and (e) modeling, verbal prompt, and a combination of modeling and verbal prompt were positively correlated with requesting function and commenting function was positively correlated with modeling and verbal prompt.

Author information

Author/s: Chiang, Hsu-Min (HM);

Affiliation: Macquarie University, Australia. hschiang(-atsign-)indiana.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Autism : the international journal of research and practice (Autism), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Mar; vol 13 (issue 2) : pp 165-78

Dates: Created 2009/03/05; Completed 2009/05/28;

PMID: 19261686, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 5/28/2009, IMS Date: 28 May 2009 00:00:00)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Australia
Autistic Disorder - diagnosis; psychology; therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Communication
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Education, Special - methods

Education, Special - methods
Female
Humans
Imitative Behavior
Language Development Disorders - diagnosis; psychology; therapy
Male
Reinforcement, Verbal
Taiwan

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