Study of Social and Language Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Anastasia Gryaznova,Tatiana Artemieva,Anna Akhmetzyanova

doi:10.3897/ap.5.e0017

Abstract

One of the main obstacles to full communication and socialization is the impairment of the communication sphere in children with autism spectrum disorder. Competent diagnostics will help to identify at what level of development of social and speech skills the child is and in the future to develop goals and objectives for correctional work. This article discusses the problem of diagnosing the formation of speech and social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder, describes the results of a diagnostic study, based on the analysis of the results, formulates conclusions about the level of development of speech and social skills. Analysis of the data obtained showed that the survey participants were insufficiently developed in all categories of skills acquired through VB-MAPP. The least developed were the skills of naming objects, expressing requests, social skills. Based on these results, it can be concluded that children with autism spectrum disorder experience the greatest difficulties in social contacts, such as difficulties in making requests, interacting with people and in the absence of reactions to speech addressed to them. In this regard, difficulties occur in the development of speech skills. The survey showed that all participants in the experiment need an intensive program of correctional work, including work on the development of communication skills, speech understanding; training in cooperation, social and play skills. The research results can be used in the development of individual correctional and pedagogical work on the development of communication skills in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders.

Highlights

The problem of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been relevant in the world for several decades, but it has become especially pronounced in recent years when there is an increase in the number of children with ASD
The purpose of the study is to identify the level of formation of speech and social skills in children with autism spectrum disorders
The VB-MAPP program for assessing the speech and social interaction of children with autism was used as empirical methods, within which were assessed such speech skills as mand, tact, interverbal behavior, interverbal behavior, echo reactions, listener behavior; and skills related to speech: visual perception, play, social, motor imitation, spontaneous vocal behavior, intraverbal behavior, group behavior, linguistics, social skills, reading, writing, mathematics

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Introduction

The problem of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been relevant in the world for several decades, but it has become especially pronounced in recent years when there is an increase in the number of children with ASD. According to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the prevalence of ASD in Russia (as well as in the world) is about 1% of the child population (Antipova & Miticheva, 2019). An increase in interest in this problem and a convergence of positions of researchers from different countries on the terminology, classification and prevalence of these disorders in children, which was largely facilitated by the creation of international and other classifications of mental illnesses, were noted. Analysis of literary sources revealed insufficient knowledge of the characteristics of social and communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (Akhmetzyanova & Artemieva, 2020; Belyaeva, 2020)

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