Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia.
Griffith University, Parklands Dr., Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Feb;51(2):564-575. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04550-z.
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.
我们的目的是探索临床实践中的见解，这些见解可能有助于我们理解和解释那些预测使用最少语言的自闭症谱系障碍儿童口语结果的因素。我们采用了一种定性设计，包括 3 个焦点小组，共有 14 名言语治疗师参与，以探讨他们的观点和经验。使用框架方法进行分析，我们确定了 9 个主题，其中包括 183 个不同的参与者对潜在因素的参考。参与者强调了精细的社交、沟通和学习行为的集群的相关性，包括对前语言发声行为的新见解。参与者提出了在预测口语结果方面进行动态评估的潜在价值。这些发现可以为开发预测儿童沟通结果的临床相关方法提供信息。
