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Language therapy in three cases of autistic spectrum children

The aims of this study were to analyze the intervention strategies on language based on the dialectic view of its efficiency and effectiveness to change the subjects' manifested language, and to evidence some of the therapeutic movements needed to maintain the discursive topic and the dialogic roles during conversation. It was conducted a qualitative analysis of the dialogic interaction carried out before and after three months of therapy based on the dialectic method. The 45-minute sessions of three subjects within the autistic spectrum with ages between six and eight years were recorded and its transcriptions were analyzed. It was observed that the subjects expanded their dialogic roles, presenting progress on language functioning. Therefore, it's possible to emphasize the efficacy and effectiveness of the therapeutic approach used, for it allowed the accompaniment of language progresses. Therapeutic movements consist in anchoring the subjects enunciations by providing them sense, and maintaining the discursive topic.

Autistic disorder; Language disorders; Language


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