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Peer reviewedKamhi, Alan G.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1990
Content analysis of the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale and the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI) revealed differences in the nature of perceptual and conceptual items. Both language-impaired and normal-language children performed significantly better on perceptual-type than conceptual-type items. The predominance of perceptual items was…
Descriptors: Children, Concept Formation, Intelligence Tests, Language Handicaps
Kamhi, Alan G.; And Others – 1983
The paper examines aspects of effective language intervention with autistic children. An overview is presented about the nature of language, its perception and comprehension, and the production of speech-language. Assessment strategies are considered. The second part of the paper analyzes traditional and communications-based intervention programs.…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Echolalia, Elementary Secondary Education
