II. Social Challenges in ASD Flashcards
What are ASD early communication deficits?
- delayed onset of speech
- atypical preverbal vocalizations
- decreased rate of preverbal communication
- restricted range of communicative behaviors
- low responsiveness to speech
What does early communication look like with a child who has ASD?
- delayed and deviant use of gesture
- less pretend and symbolic play
- limited imitation skills
what are some VERBAL difficulties with ASD?
- pronoun reversals
- idiosyncratic word use
- immediate and delayed echolalia
- atypical language learning
- perseverate
- advanced semantics
What is adolescents communication like for someone with ASD?
- topic management/termination (may use overly complex sentences, speak too formally, doesn’t adjust style depending on who they’re talking to)
- changing and sharing of topics(have problems with this)
- theory of mind deficits
- sparse conversation
- eye contact/prosody
With a child who has ASD, what is their social communication/interpersonal relatedness like?
- not always able to interpret the intensions of others
- not always able to initiate/maintain shared focus with others
- restricted language development and use
- inadequate use of nonverbal skills
- narrow interests and exceptional abilities–this limits conversational turn taking
because pragmatics and communication deficts are core problems with ASD, what must we address?
language and communication
What is the definition of theory of mind?
The ability to make inferences about the beliefs and desires of others
A child with autism does not recognize or understand cues that indicate the thoughts or feelings of the other person
Children with Autism lack theory of mind
What are some core deficits for children with ASD in terms of social interaction?
- nonverbal behaviors (eye gaze, facial expression, body language)
- peer relationships
- social and emotional reciprocity
- seek opportunities to interact with others
What are the results of core deficits for children with ASD in terms of social interaction?
- less likely to orient to social stimuli
- less likely to respond to social bids of others
- less likely to initiate interactions with others
What are some core deficits in terms of communication for children with ASD?
- language development
- initiating and maintaining conversations
- stereotyped and repetitive use of language
What are the results of having core deficits in communication for a child with ASD?
- nonverbal
- awkward language (speak in 3rd person)
- echolalic speech
- use scripts from cartoons or movies
What are some core deficits in terms of restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviors, interaction, and activities for children with ASD?
- most obvious of behaviors (rocking, spinning, hand flapping, head banging, or other unusual movement patterns)
- limited play skills
- narrow interests
What is normal theory of mind for ages 6-12 months?
- joint attention, including gaze and point following and alternation of gaze between person and object
- First words
What is normal theory of mind for ages 13-24 months?
- recognize intentionality in others as demonstrated in word use
- recognize that others have different desires from one’s own
- early pretend play
What is normal theory of mind for ages 30-36 months?
- begin to use mental state terms with truly mentalistic functions
- increasingly sophisticated pretend play
