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Targeting prosody in an eight-year-old child with high-functioning autism during an interactive approach to therapyLamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA, mlharn{at}my.lamar.edu
Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA 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.
Key Words: prosody social communication intervention high-functioning autism interactive approach
Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Vol. 23, No. 2,
157-179 (2007) |
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