Review of intervention methods for language and communication disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders

PeerJ. 2023 Aug 9:11:e15735. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15735. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

In recent years, the number of patients-particularly children-with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been continually increasing. ASD affects a child's language communication and social interaction to a certain extent and has an impact on behavior, intelligence level, and other aspects of the child. Data indicates that 40% to 70% of children with ASD experience language developmental delays, which are mainly manifested as lack of language or language developmental delay, self-talk, use of stereotyped language, parroting, et cetera. A language communication disorder is a major symptom of ASD and is the most common reason for patients to visit a doctor. Therefore, language intervention training and communication skills have been made a cornerstone of autism intervention. However, a literature search has revealed that most studies only examine certain intervention methods or a combination of two or three intervention methods, which cannot be used by therapists or rehabilitation teachers. Therefore, this article summarizes relevant literature on language communication training for ASD children at home and abroad and briefly introduces the characteristics and training methods of language disorders in children with ASD in order to provide some ideas and references for relevant researchers and practitioners.

Keywords: Communication; Intervention; Language; Training; Autism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder* / complications
  • Child
  • Communication
  • Communication Disorders* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Language
  • Language Development Disorders* / therapy

Grants and funding

The study was funded by grants from the Shandong Medical and Health Technology Development Fund (202103070325), Shandong Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Project (M-2022216) and Nursery Project of Taian City Central Hospital (2022MPM06). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.