TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinician Proposed Predictors of Spoken Language Outcomes for Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
AU - Trembath, David
AU - Sutherland, Rebecca
AU - Caithness, Teena
AU - Dissanayake, Cheryl
AU - Eapen, Valsamma
AU - Fordyce, Kathryn
AU - Frost, Grace
AU - Iacono, Teresa
AU - Mahler, Nicole
AU - Masi, Anne
AU - Paynter, Jessica
AU - Pye, Katherine
AU - Reilly, Sheena
AU - Rose, Veronica
AU - Sievers, Stephanie
AU - Thirumanickam, Abirami
AU - Westerveld, Marleen
AU - Tucker, Madonna
N1 - Funding Information:
We kindly thank the clinicians who participated in this research. This research was supported by a grant from the Australian Government Department of Social Services and the study was conducted using the infrastructure and resources of the Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centres (ASLECCs) in Queensland (AEIOU Nathan ASELCC and Gold Coast Centre), Victoria (Margot Prior ASELCC), New South Wales (KU Marcia Burgess ASELCC), Tasmania (St Giles ASELCC), South Australia (Anglicare Daphne Street ASELCC), and Western Australia (Autism Association of Western Australia ASELCC). The ASELCCs were established through funding from the Department of Social Services. David Trembath was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council ECR Fellowship.
© 2020, Springer. Copyright 2021 Elsevier
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Our aim was to explore insights from clinical practice that may inform efforts to understand and account for factors that predict spoken language outcomes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who use minimal verbal language. We used a qualitative design involving three focus groups with 14 speech pathologists to explore their views and experiences. Using the Framework Method of analysis, we identified 9 themes accounting for 183 different participant references to potential factors. Participants highlighted the relevance of clusters of fine-grained social, communication, and learning behaviours, including novel insights into prelinguistic vocal behaviours. The participants suggested the potential value of dynamic assessment in predicting spoken language outcomes. The findings can inform efforts to developing clinically relevant methods for predicting children’s communication outcomes.
AB - Our aim was to explore insights from clinical practice that may inform efforts to understand and account for factors that predict spoken language outcomes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who use minimal verbal language. We used a qualitative design involving three focus groups with 14 speech pathologists to explore their views and experiences. Using the Framework Method of analysis, we identified 9 themes accounting for 183 different participant references to potential factors. Participants highlighted the relevance of clusters of fine-grained social, communication, and learning behaviours, including novel insights into prelinguistic vocal behaviours. The participants suggested the potential value of dynamic assessment in predicting spoken language outcomes. The findings can inform efforts to developing clinically relevant methods for predicting children’s communication outcomes.
KW - Autism
KW - Communication
KW - Minimally verbal
KW - Predictor
KW - Speech pathology
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-020-04550-z
DO - 10.1007/s10803-020-04550-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 32556833
AN - SCOPUS:85086713254
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 51
SP - 564
EP - 575
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 2
ER -