Identifier
etd-04102008-185157
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) exhibit difficulties with both verbal and nonverbal language with approximately 50% of children diagnosed with autism remaining functionally mute into adulthood (Charlop & Haymes, 1994; Charlop-Christy, Carpenter, Le, LeBlanc, & Kellet, 2002). This study explored intervention using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) for two nonverbal preschoolers with ASD. The effects of PECS using two picture systems, Picture and Words (P&W) and MorphoPhonic (MPh) picture word, was assessed in the communicative outcomes after 6 weeks of intervention. This study asked if MPh picture words would elicit more picture-exchange communication acts in functional contexts than P&W and if MPh picture words would elicit a greater number of verbal communications than pictures accompanied by words. The results suggest that changes in communication can be observed in 6 weeks of intervention. Specifically greater gains were observed in the MPh picture word condition over the P&W condition.
Date
2008
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Bourque, Ashley Nicole, "A comparison of morphophonic faces and the picture exchange communication system on the production of verbal communication in preschoolers with autism" (2008). LSU Master's Theses. 3701.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3701
Committee Chair
Janet Norris
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.3701