ERIC Number: EJ767188
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 23
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Targeting Prosody in an Eight-Year-Old Child with High-Functioning Autism during an Interactive Approach to Therapy
Bellon-Harn, Monica L.; Harn, William E.; Watson, Gina D.
Child Language Teaching and Therapy, v23 n2 p157-179 2007
A fundamental deficit in children with high-functioning autism (HFA) is social communicative competence. Atypical prosody in variable forms has been implicated in contributing to this deficit. The purpose of this case study was to describe the clinical management of an eight-year-old child with HFA for whom prosody became the primary target of intervention. Procedures for prosodic analysis, the course of intervention and subsequent changes in the child's prosodic behaviour are explained. Sample transcripts from INT and EX are appended.(Contains 1 table and 6 figures.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Communicative Competence (Languages), Autism, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Case Studies, Speech Impairments, Speech Skills, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Speech Language Pathology
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Language: English
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