Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder of All Ages, Levels of Symptom Severity and General Cognitive Ability Display Low Processing Speed Index Scores Warranting Special Educational Assistance

Autor/inn/en	Linnenbank, M.; Feldmann, R.; Schulte-Körne, G.; Beimdiek, S.; Strittmatter, E.
Titel	Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder of All Ages, Levels of Symptom Severity and General Cognitive Ability Display Low Processing Speed Index Scores Warranting Special Educational Assistance
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52 (2022) 8, S.3668-3675 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Feldmann, R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-021-05249-5
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Children; Cognitive Processes; Scores; Age Differences; Cognitive Ability; Severity (of Disability); Thinking Skills; Students with Disabilities; Academic Achievement; Tests; Verbal Communication; Comprehension; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Denkfähigkeit; Schweregrad; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Schulleistung; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Verstehen; Verständnis
Abstract	The processing speed index (PSI) of the Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC-IV) has been found to predict a child's level of academic functioning. The consistently reported PSI weakness in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) therefore warrants special assistance and attempts at compensation for the disadvantages associated with these children's low PSI. We investigated the association of PSI scores with age, general cognitive ability [as measured by full-scale IQ (FSIQ)], symptom severity and discrepancy between the WISC-IV indices verbal comprehension (VCI) and perceptual reasoning (PRI) in 101 school children with ASD. The PSI weakness in children with ASD was not related to age, FSIQ, VCI-PRI discrepancy or any of the symptom measures. These findings suggest that school children with ASD independent of their age, level of cognitive ability, VCI-PRI profile and most notably independent of their symptom severity should be entitled to special assistance and compensation in educational settings. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11