DIFFICULTIES IN COMMUNICATION OF 3-4 YEAR – OLD- CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)

Abstract

Rationale: Communication difficulty is one of the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children. Meanwhile, communication plays a crucial role and a survival condition for each person and human community. Therefore, it is importatn to study the ASD childrens’ difficulties in communication.

Purpose: Researching theory and practice of communicative difficulties of ASD children which form a basis to propose effective measures treating communication difficulties of ASD children.

Method: using quiz test to consider the level of ASD childrens’ communicating difficulty, distributing questionnaires to ASD childrens’ teachers, managers and parents in order to evaluate interventions for ASD children at integration classes. Those evaluations are for considering situation and implementing pedagogical experiments.

Result: The study on ASD childrens’ difficulties in communication shows that developmental level on communication is low. Children reveal featured problems on 25 criterias of 05 groups: focus attention, imitation, rotating, listening and using speech.