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

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.

A Psycholinguistic Training to Improve Expressive Language Among Children with ASD

“…The general stereotyped behavior and activity of people with autism are reflected in such speech phenomena as echolalia and verbal rituals (Belyaeva, 2020). Among the features of expressive speech in autism spectrum disorders, it is customary to distinguish echolalia, verbal rituals, the use of neologisms and idiosyncratic speech, the misuse of personal pronouns and verb endings (Akhmetzyanova, Artemieva & Gryaznova, 2021). These children exhibit very unusual language and communication patterns, such as stereotyped speech, and odd and ritualistic behaviors (Ibrahimagic et al, 2021).…”

The effect of an education program on developing communication skills and some basic motor skills among children with autism spectrum disorder

“…Autism in light of these characteristics constitutes a disturbance to all those around the child, and its effects are directly reflected on the child, thus affecting his general communication, language acquisition, behavioral patterns, values and attitudes, and the method of expressing feelings and feelings (Belyaeva, 2020). In addition, the autistic child shows very few behavioral patterns compared to children who have good social acceptance, and he also suffers from abnormal socially unacceptable behavioral patterns such as social immaturity, aggression, and self-excitement (Akhmetzyanova, Artemieva & Gryaznova, 2022). Many studies have indicated that (50%) of children with ASD do not have the ability to speak, and do not develop their language skills, but they do not compensate for them by using non-verbal communication methods such as gestures or simulation, and they are unable even to use visual communication (Schmidt, 2017).…”