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B H Gaines

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Visual symbol and manual sign learning by children with phonologic programming deficit syndrome.

A study was done of eight children with phonologic programming deficit syndrome (PPDS) and of eight normally developing children, to evaluate learning and recall of Blissymbols and of Signed English manual signs. The results support the view that children with this syndrome not only have motor speech deficits, but also deficits in symbolic processing. Decisions about intervention for nonverbal children should take account of their probable deficits in symbol learning.

Articulation Disorders↗

Cognition and language development in autism.

A nonverbal assessment procedure was designed to characterize cognition using a Piagetian framework. Six autistic children, five echolalic and one nonverbal, ranging in age from 4:8 to 15:2, participated in this study. Cognitive and language performance was assessed using a developmental stage model. All six children evidenced competence beyond sensorimotor Stage VI, and demonstrated cognitive functioning between the periods of early preoperational and concrete operations. For five of the six children, the stage of cognitive development exceeded that of language development. The application of a developmental model for assessment purposes and theoretical implications of the results are discussed.

Adolescent↗