Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Caseload Characteristics, and Interventions Implemented by Speech-Language Therapists

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Deborah L.; Gillon, Gail T.
Titel	Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Caseload Characteristics, and Interventions Implemented by Speech-Language Therapists
Quelle	In: Kairaranga, 5 (2004) 2, S.46-54 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1175-9232
Schlagwörter	Allied Health Personnel; Intervention; Autism; Foreign Countries; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Speech Language Pathology; Sign Language; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Therapy; Children; Surveys; Pictorial Stimuli; Visual Stimuli; Communication Skills; Program Effectiveness; Story Telling; Auditory Stimuli; Social Development; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Nonverbal Communication; Adolescents; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Ausland; Gebärdensprache; Therapie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fantasieanregung; Kommunikationsstil; Auditive Stimulation; Soziale Entwicklung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Neuseeland
Abstract	This study investigated the caseload characteristics and the types of intervention implemented for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). A survey was developed and distributed to 75 speech-language therapists working for Special Education within the New Zealand Ministry of Education. A total of 34 surveys were completed and returned. Analysis indicated that all the respondents were providing intervention for children with ASD. The majority of respondents had between one and five children with ASD on their caseload, of which, over half were aged under five-years-old. Visually based intervention methods, such as the Picture Exchange Communication System and social stories, were identified as the most frequently used and the respondents rated these interventions highly in terms of their perceived effectiveness for this population. The need for research to examine the efficacy of intervention approaches commonly used by speech-language therapists in working with children with ASD is discussed. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New Zealand Ministry of Education. Available from: Massey University. Private Bag 11 222; Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. Tel: +64-6-351-3396; Fax: +64-6-351-3472; email: kairaranga@massey.ac.nz; Web site: http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-curriculum-pedagogy/kairaranga/kairaranga_home.cfm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10