دورية أكاديمية
The Oral Narrative Comprehension and Production Abilities of Verbal Preschoolers on the Autism Spectrum
| العنوان: | The Oral Narrative Comprehension and Production Abilities of Verbal Preschoolers on the Autism Spectrum |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Westerveld, Marleen F., Roberts, Jacqueline M. A. |
| المصدر: | Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Oct 2017 48(4):260-272. |
| الإتاحة: | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2200 Research Blvd #250, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-296-5700; Fax: 301-296-8580; e-mail: lshss@asha.org; Web site: http://lshss.pubs.asha.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2017 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Preschool Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Correlation, Norm Referenced Tests, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Listening Comprehension, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Narration, Story Telling, Oral Reading, Listening Comprehension Tests |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2017_LSHSS-17-0003 |
| تدمد: | 0161-1461 |
| مستخلص: | Purpose: This study described the oral narrative comprehension and production skills of verbal preschool-age children on the autism spectrum and investigated correlations between oral narrative ability and norm-referenced language test performance. Method: Twenty-nine preschool-age children (aged 4;0-5;9 years;months) with autism, who obtained an age-equivalent score of at least 36 months on the expressive communication subscale of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Second Edition (Sparrow, Cicchetti, & Balla, 2005), participated. Children listened to an unfamiliar fictional narrative and answered comprehension questions afterward. After listening to the narrative a second time, children were asked to retell the narrative without picture support. Narratives were transcribed and analyzed for length, semantic diversity, grammatical complexity and accuracy, intelligibility, inclusion of critical events, and narrative stage. Results: All children participated in the comprehension task, and 19 children produced an analyzable narrative retell. Compared with published data on typically developing children, significant difficulties were observed in narrative comprehension, intelligibility, and grammatical accuracy. Most of the children told descriptive or action sequences, with only 1 child producing an abbreviated episode. Significant positive correlations were found (a) between performance on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Fourth Edition (Dunn & Dunn, 2007) and semantic diversity and narrative comprehension and (b) between parent-reported receptive communication competence (Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Second Edition) and narrative comprehension. Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence of specific difficulties in oral narrative comprehension and production skills in verbal preschoolers on the autism spectrum |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2017 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1156832 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0161-1461 |
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| DOI: | 10.1044/2017_LSHSS-17-0003 |