Deck 9: Language and Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Question 1

This intervention technique utuilizes a stimulus-response format in a highly controlled environment in which the teacher provides the stimulus:

A) pivotal-response model
B) discrete trial training
C) DIR model
D) auditory training

Answer 1

discrete trial training

Question 2

All of the following are characteristic of Autistic children except:

A) significant language deficits.
B) hallucinations.
C) withdrawal from interaction.
D) inconsistent responses to stimuli.

Answer 2

hallucinations.

Question 3

Several specific cognitive differences have been identified in the autistic population, including ________ and ____________.

Answer 3

(gestalt processing style/ asynchronous development/ lack of a theory of mind)

Question 4

The discrete trial approach to language intervention has been found to be most useful for the training of __________________.

Question 5

Jose often repeats back exactly what was previously spoken to him. Jose is:

A) reversing pronouns.
B) selectively mute.
C) using idiosyncratic language.
D) using echolalia.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a disorder on the autism spectrum:

A) Rett syndrome
B) Williams syndrome
C) Asperger syndrome
D) Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)

Question 7

Identify the three categories of symptoms used in DSM-IV to define autistic disorder:
_______________________ ______________________ ____________________

Question 8

Studies that have compared the syntactic development of individuals with autism to that of other individuals with disabilities have found that the individuals with autism:

A) have fewer problems with syntax than do children with Down syndrome.
B) have more difficulty applying their skills in social situations.
C) have a less pervasive language problem than children with dysphasia.
D) have fewer individual differences in development than do children with intellectual disabilities

Question 9

Current thinking regarding the use of echolalia by autistic children holds that:

A) echolalia may represent an attempt to communicate.
B) echolalia is non-productive and should be discouraged.
C) echolalia could be used as the basis for training communicative interaction.
D) Both A and C

Question 10

Research on the phonological development of children with autism has found it to be delayed but following a normal course of development.

Question 11

A number of explanations have been suggested to explain the phenomenon of pronoun reversal in individuals with autism. List and briefly explain three of these hypotheses.

Question 12

Most children with autism spectrum disorders begin to speak at the same age as typically developing children.

Question 13

Children with Asperger's Syndrome typically can read words at high levels but have difficulty understanding what they have read.

Question 14

Echolalia is a type of language behavior found only in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Question 15

The pivotal-response model of intervention claims that instruction should focus on "pivotal" areas such as
_____________________, ____________________, and ____________________

Question 16

Although some studies have found the semantic skills of individuals with autism to be relatively intact, other studies have found they use more _____________ and ______________ language in their speech.

Question 17

Children with Asperger Syndrome have been found to be relatively intact in language development except in the domain of:

A) syntax
B) phonology
C) morphology
D) pragmatics

Question 18

Most researchers today agree that autism is caused by parents who interact with their children in a cold, aloof manner.

Question 19

Research has failed to confirm the effectiveness of the use of auditory training with individuals with autism.

Question 20

_______________ echolalia occurs within a brief time after the speaker talks. _______________ echolalia occurs when the speaker modifies the original utterance.

Question 21

Compare the discrete trial training technique to the pivotal-response model in the setting for intervention, the amount of intervention, intervention agents, and target behaviors.

Question 22

How has the "emergent literacy" model of reading changed literacy instruction for children with autism spectrum disorders?