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CHILD'STALK — FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
Author(s) -
Aldred Catherine,
Pollard Clare,
Adams Catherine
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682820109177931
Subject(s) - psychology , autism , interpersonal communication , intervention (counseling) , pervasive developmental disorder , developmental psychology , autism spectrum disorder , social relation , social communication , developmental disorder , social psychology , psychiatry
A research assessment protocol and early intervention approach designed for use by multi‐disciplinary professionals with children who have the severe social communication deficits of early autism and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) are described. The assessment analyses the specific pattern of social communication impairment in each child and defines the characteristics of the dyadic communication between parent and child. The intervention aims to identify facilitative strategies, using video feedback, which lead to close interpersonal interaction between the child and their parents. Parents can reflect on their own interaction and identify which strategies successfully engage their child. Child's Talk aims to facilitate adaptations to the child's level of communication by sensitively and finely tuning the interaction and mutual sharing of intentions as a fundamental agent for the emergence of communication.