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KMID : 0375920070250020107
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Journal of Rehabilitation Science
2007 Volume.25 No. 2 p.107 ~ p.120
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The Effect of Small Group Playing Activities on Improving Pragmatic Language Ability of Autistic Children
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Kim Song-Hwa
Kang Soo-Kyoon
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Abstract
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This study is to identify the effect of the language intervention programs making use of small group playing activities on enhancing pragmatic language ability of children with autism. The subjects of this study were 3 million children diagnosed as having autism by pediatric psychologist and expected to have a similar level of language ability and living age. The study was conducted for 4 months that consist of 36 sessions in total - three sessions a week. The AB scheme was used in this study and the assessment procedure was composed of three phases; three times of basic-line assessment of individual children, 6 times of mid-assessment in which 6 sessions consist of 1 unit and two times of assessment of maintenance after 10 days of cessation period in order to identify the maintenance effect after completion of the programs.
The results of this study are as follows; First, all the subject children of this study showed improvements in their pragmatic language ability after language intervention programs through small group playing activities were applied to them. Second, all the subject children of this study showed improvements in 8 subordinates of speech abilities in their pragmatic language ability after language intervention programs through small group playing activities were applied to them. however, the fact that the children showed relatively low level of improvements in a speech ability of arousing other’s attention is in the same vein that autistic children often have difficulty in attracting attention from people when they initiate conversation with them.
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