A Multimethod Analysis of Pragmatic Skills in Children and Adolescents with Fragile X Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Down Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Gary E.; Bush, Lauren; Klusek, Jessica; Patel, Shivani; Losh, Molly
Titel	A Multimethod Analysis of Pragmatic Skills in Children and Adolescents with Fragile X Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Down Syndrome
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61 (2018) 12, S.3023-3037 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-18-0008
Schlagwörter	Pragmatics; Language Skills; Gender Differences; Neurological Impairments; Disabilities; Genetic Disorders; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Down Syndrome; Behavior Problems; Student Behavior; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Children; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pragmalinguistik; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Geschlechterkonflikt; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Handicap; Behinderung; Autismus; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Purpose: Pragmatic language skills are often impaired above and beyond general language delays in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. This study used a multimethod approach to language sample analysis to characterize syndrome- and sex-specific profiles across different neurodevelopmental disabilities and to examine the congruency of 2 analysis techniques.Method: Pragmatic skills of young males and females with fragile X syndrome with autism spectrum disorder (FXS-ASD, n = 61) and without autism spectrum disorder (FXS-O, n = 40), Down syndrome (DS, n = 42), and typical development (TD, n = 37) and males with idiopathic autism spectrum disorder only (ASD-O, n = 29) were compared using variables obtained from a detailed hand-coding system contrasted with similar variables obtained automatically from the language analysis program Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT).Results: Noncontingent language and perseveration were characteristic of the pragmatic profiles of boys and girls with FXS-ASD and boys with ASD-O. Boys with ASD-O also initiated turns less often and were more nonresponsive than other groups, and girls with FXS-ASD were more nonresponsive than their male counterparts. Hand-coding and SALT methods were largely convergent with some exceptions.Conclusion: Results suggest both similarities and differences in the pragmatic profiles observed across different neurodevelopmental disabilities, including idiopathic and FXS-associated cases of ASD, as well as an important sex difference in FXS-ASD. These findings and congruency between the 2 language sample analysis techniques together have important implications for assessment and intervention efforts. (As Provided).
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