Brief report: the relationship between language skills, adaptive behavior, and emotional and behavior problems in pre-schoolers with autism

Carlie Park, Gregory Wayne Yelland, John Raymond Taffe, Kylie Megan Gray

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Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between structural language skills, and communication skills, adaptive behavior, and emotional and behavior problems in pre-school children with autism. Participants were aged 3-5 years with autism (n = 27), and two comparison groups of children with developmental delay without autism (n = 12) and typically developing children (n = 20). The participants were administered standardised tests of structural language skills, and parents completed the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and the Developmental Behaviour Checklist. Results indicated that for children with autism, communication skills, and in particular receptive communication skills, were associated with social and daily living skills, and behavior problems.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2761 - 2766
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume42
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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