Individual differences in language communication in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K13606
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: TAMURA Ayana 京都大学, こころの未来研究センター, 研究員 (70617258)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自閉症スペクトラム障害 / 言語コミュニケーション / 個人差

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to clarify individual differences in verbal communication in children with ASD as a starting point for developing a support method modeling ASD children with better communication. As a result, attempted classification of characteristics using Multi-dimensional Scale for PDD and ADHD (MSPA), it was possible to classify children with ASD diagnosis into 3 groups. In addition, as a result of attempted classification of characteristics using the Japanese version of The Children’s Communication Checklist Second Edition (CCC-2), it can be classified into 4 groups, and the results shows that there are a group with relatively few communication difficulties.

Free Research Field

発達心理学