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Published on: October 3, 2018
[Language therapy results with adolescents of the autistic spectrum]
Fernanda Dreux Miranda Fernandes1
1Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupcational da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. fernandadreux@aol.com
Background:
Results of language therapy with adolescents and children with autistic spectrum disorders.
Aim:
to identify changes, after a six-month period of speech-language therapy, in a group of adolescents and to compare them with a group of children.
Method:
Data referring to the communicative profile and social-cognitive performance of 12 adolescents and 12 children were analyzed.
Results:
Just one of the 10 observed areas presented meaningful progress for the group of adolescents and 5 areas presented progress for group of children.
Conclusion:
The results reinforce the importance of language therapy for autistic children, as more progress can be obtained at this age.
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