자폐성 유아의 자발적 발화능력을 위한 DTT의 효과

Abstract

In general, a human being, as essential for social existence, communicates each other but some children do not. These children use language or restricted language and by using unmeaning speech base on strange intonation and pronunciation. They can not live social sound life. The purposes of this study are to know whether DTT for autistic children rise their linguistic ability by using picture⋅letter card in other to progress their linguistic ability and to know how many sessions are needed to speech new word. The subjects of this study included three autistic children who were preschooler at Mugung Wha class in E kindergarten Kimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea. In this study, Psychoeducational profile- revised(PEP-R), autism behavior checklist(ABC), and childhood autism rating scale(CARS) were used to assess the subjects. The results of this study are as follows. 1. DTT by using picture⋅letter card changed subject's expressive ability positively, even though Lovaas program were applied differently according to individual variation, as a whole, subjects come up to speak positively by a period on the contrary beginning indifference and dumb behavior. 2. Through the former program, subjects A spoke by himself new vocabulary after the lapse of average 6.3 sessions, B put 5.1 on record, and C was 6.9. As DTT using picture⋅letter card revealed improvement about initiative language expression of autistic children.