Pasco, Greg and Gordon, R. K. and Howlin, Patricia and Charman, Tony (2008) The Classroom Observation Schedule to Measure Intentional Communication (COSMIC): An observational measure of the intentional communication of children with autism in an unstructured classroom setting. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38 (10). pp. 1807-1818. ISSN Print: 0162-3257 Online: 1573-3432
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Abstract
The Classroom Observation Schedule to Measure Intentional Communication (COSMIC) was devised to provide ecologically valid outcome measures for a communication-focused intervention trial. Ninety-one children with autism spectrum disorder aged 6 years 10 months (SD 16 months) were videoed during their everyday snack, teaching and free play activities. Inter-rater reliability was high and relevant items showed significant associations with comparable items from concurrent Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule – Generic (Lord et al., 2000) assessments. In a subsample of 28 children initial differences in rates of initiations, initiated speech/vocalisation and commenting were predictive of language and communication competence 15 months later. Results suggest that the use of observational measures of intentional communication in natural settings is a valuable assessment strategy for research and clinical practice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Observation; Ecological validity; Intentional communication; Classroom |
| Subjects: | Departments > Psychology and Human Development |
| Depositing User: | IOE Repository Editor (2) |
| Date Deposited: | 13 May 2010 08:55 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2012 22:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/4436 |
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