Abstract
The communicative spontaneity of children with autism who had limited spoken language in their natural environment was investigated. This naturalistic observation is a preliminary study using a continuum model to describe the nature of communicative spontaneity. The results indicate that the level of communicative spontaneity in the natural environment varied (1) along a continuum, (2) across communicative forms, functions, activities, partners and consequences, and (3) across the effectiveness of requesting and rejecting functions. The findings from this study may provide some directions for future study.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-21 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Autism |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Autism
- Communication
- Communicative spontaneity