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Communicative spontaneity in autism: exploring supportive prompts in an educational context
Irene RämäElina KontuRaija Pirttimaasubject
Cued speechSocial communicationContext (language use)Behavioural syndromeSpecial educationmedicine.diseaseHealth Professions (miscellaneous)Social relationEducationDevelopmental psychologyAutism spectrum disorderDevelopmental and Educational PsychologymedicineAutismta516Psychologydescription
The purpose of this article was to describe a Finnish research project concerning communicative spontaneity in pupils with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD is a behavioural syndrome which is neurobiological in origin and which involves atypical developmental dysfunctions in the brain. The essential features are persistent impairment in reciprocal social communication and social interaction, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interest, and activities. However, an important part of flexible interaction is functional communication between partners, and spontaneity is a critical aspect of functional communication. Communicative spontaneity can be assessed by examining the relationship between environmental antecedents or cues (prompts) and communicative acts. In this study spontaneity is viewed along a continuum, it is, all communicative acts are considered to have some degree of spontaneity and all communication is environmentally prompted or cued. In this research a model of supportive pro...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-05 | European Journal of Special Needs Education |