Profiles of Social Communicative Competence In Middle School Children With Asperger Syndrome: Two Case Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2006
Abstract
Among characteristics of children diagnosed with Asperger syndrome (AS) are difficulties in social communication. This study describes the social communicative competence of two middle school children with AS participating in conversations in three different situational contexts. The conversations were transcribed and submitted to three kinds of analysis: 1) analysis of the distribution of the conversational load, 2) Damico's (1985) Clinical Discourse Analysis (CDA), and 3) analysis of interchange types and illocutionary force. Whereas some similarities were observed, the children presented with distinct profiles of social communicative competence. Clinical implications are presented for each child. © 2006 Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd.
Publication Title
Child Language Teaching and Therapy
Volume
22
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
26
Recommended Citation
Bellon-Harn, M.,
Harn, W.
(2006). Profiles of Social Communicative Competence In Middle School Children With Asperger Syndrome: Two Case Studies. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 22(1), 1-26.
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