Quill, K. A. (1995) 'Teaching Children With Autism: Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialisation' LONDON; Delmar Publishers
Echolalia
- Repetition of other's speech, may occur immediately after or significantly later than the original production of an utterance
- 85% of children with autism use echolalia if they manage to acquire speech
Wetherby, A. M. & Prizant, B. M. (1989) 'The Expression of Communicative Intent' Seminars of Speech and Language, 10, (pp77-91)
Communicative intent with echolalia
- used for normal children, but also useful in identifying underlying echoic utterances in chidren with autiss
No emotion
Not directly involved
Passive behaviour / verbal interaction limited
2. Awareness of goal
focus of attention
manipulates object / vocalise towards
may relate a sentence to the task, but not directly to a person
3. Simple plan to achieve a goal
focus of attention
direct language towards a person for a desired outcome
echo to question = the answer to the question
