Deferred Imitation and Social Communication in Speaking and Nonspeaking Children with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Strid, Karin; Heimann, Mikael; Gillberg, Christopher; Smith, Lars; Tjus, Tomas
Titel	Deferred Imitation and Social Communication in Speaking and Nonspeaking Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 28 (2013) 4, S.230-240 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-3576
DOI	10.1177/1088357612468030
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Relationship; Verbal Communication; Communication Disorders; Autism; Comparative Analysis; Verbal Ability; Foreign Countries; Imitation; Young Children; Social Development; Toys; Males; Gender Differences; Interaction; Attention; Individual Differences; Sweden; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory; McCarthy Scales of Childrens Abilities; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Raven Progressive Matrices; Childhood Autism Rating Scale; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kommunikationsstörung; Autismus; Mündliche Leistung; Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Soziale Entwicklung; Toy; Spielzeug; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Interaktion; Aufmerksamkeit; Individueller Unterschied; Schweden
Abstract	Deferred imitation and early social communication skills were compared among speaking and nonspeaking children with autism and children developing typically. Overall, the children with autism showed a lower frequency on measures of deferred imitation and social communication compared with typically developing children. Deferred imitation was observed at a significantly lower level among the speaking and nonspeaking groups of children with autism. However, when comparing the speaking autism group with the typical group, many differences in observed social communication disappeared. These results underscore the importance of considering children's verbal ability in autism research and clinical practice, and indicate that there are specific difficulties in deferred imitation in autism but that the social communication deficits that are observed are greatly influenced by low level of verbal ability. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10