PMID- 20220047
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101220
LR  - 20161021
IS  - 1558-9110 (Electronic)
IS  - 1058-0360 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 3
DP  - 2010 Aug
TI  - Measuring pragmatic language in speakers with autism spectrum disorders: 
      Comparing the children's communication checklist--2 and the test of pragmatic 
      language.
PG  - 204-12
LID - 10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0011) [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: To compare the Children's Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2), a parent 
      report instrument, with the Test of Pragmatic Language (TOPL), a test 
      administered to the child, on the ability to identify pragmatic language 
      impairment in speakers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who had 
      age-appropriate structural language skills. METHOD: Sixteen rigorously diagnosed 
      children with ASD were matched to 16 typically developing children on age, 
      nonverbal IQ, and structural language skill. Both groups were given the TOPL, and 
      their parents completed the CCC-2. RESULTS: The CCC-2 identified 13 of the 16 
      children with ASD as pragmatically impaired, while the TOPL identified only 9. 
      Neither test identified any of the children in the control group as having 
      pragmatic language impairment. CONCLUSIONS: In these children with ASD, who 
      displayed age-appropriate structural language skills, the CCC-2 identified 
      pragmatic language impairment better than the TOPL. Clinically, this can be 
      useful in documenting the presence of language dysfunction when traditional 
      standardized language assessments would not reveal communication problems.
FAU - Volden, Joanne
AU  - Volden J
AD  - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. joanne.volden@ualberta.ca
FAU - Phillips, Linda
AU  - Phillips L
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20100310
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Speech Lang Pathol
JT  - American journal of speech-language pathology
JID - 9114726
SB  - IM
MH  - Checklist/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Development Disorders, Pervasive/*diagnosis/rehabilitation
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Language Development Disorders/*diagnosis/rehabilitation
MH  - Language Tests/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Language Therapy
MH  - Male
MH  - Psychometrics/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Rehabilitation Centers
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
EDAT- 2010/03/12 06:00
MHDA- 2010/12/21 06:00
CRDT- 2010/03/12 06:00
PHST- 2010/03/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/03/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/12/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - 1058-0360_2010_09-0011 [pii]
AID - 10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0011) [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2010 Aug;19(3):204-12. doi: 
      10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0011). Epub 2010 Mar 10.