The Proportion of Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Community-Based Early Intervention Programme

Autor/inn/en	Rose, V.; Trembath, D.; Keen, D.; Paynter, J.
Titel	The Proportion of Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Community-Based Early Intervention Programme
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60 (2016) 5, S.464-477 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-2633
DOI	10.1111/jir.12284
Schlagwörter	Verbal Communication; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Early Intervention; Community Based Instruction (Disabilities); Teaching Methods; Community Programs; Nonverbal Communication; Parent Child Relationship; Phrase Structure; Nouns; Verbs; Longitudinal Studies; Children; Autism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Phrasenstruktur; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Autismus
Abstract	Background: Estimates of the proportion of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are minimally verbal vary from 25% to 35%. However, there is a lack of consensus in defining minimally verbal and few detailed reports of communication outcomes for these children following intervention. The aim of this study was to explore how minimally verbal children have been defined and to document the proportion of minimally verbal children in a group of children with ASD receiving a community based early intervention programme. Method: A longitudinal cohort design was used to examine the proportion of children who met criteria for minimally verbal in 246 children with ASD when they entered and exited an early intervention programme. Results: Overall, 26.3% of the children in this study exited the programme using "fewer than five spontaneous and functional words" and 36.4% exited not using "two word phrases" as indicated by direct assessment. However, our findings were mixed depending on measures and definitions used, with parent report indicating that as many as 29.4% of children were not "naming at least three objects" consistently, and 43.3% not using "phrases with a noun and verb" consistently at exit. More than half of the children who entered the programme with minimal speech exited the programme with a similar language profile. A small percentage of children (1.2%-4.7%) regressed in their language level over time. Conclusions: Despite advances in early intervention, and access to services at a younger age, around a quarter of individuals with ASD in this study exited early intervention with significant communication needs. Our findings are considered in relation to the literature and clinical implications, and future research directions are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01