What is it about?
This article summarizes what is known about the pragmatic language and social communication skills of students with developmental language disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and social communication disorder. Tests for identifying pragmatic language and social communication deficits are reviewed. A brief tutorial on the metrics important for test accuracy is provided for those who are unfamiliar with these concepts.
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This article provides pragmatic language and social communication test selection guidance for speech-language pathologists and clinical researchers .
Perspectives
This review identifies reasons that some students with developmental language disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and social communication disorder often score within the typical range on current norm-referenced pragmatic language and social communication tests even though parents and teachers report important concerns in these skills.
Geralyn Timler
James Madison University
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This page is a summary of: Pragmatic Language and Social Communication Tests for Students Aged 8–18 Years: A Review of Test Accuracy, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, February 2021, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2020_persp-20-00172.
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