Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation

Nadica JOVANOVIC-SIMIC, Slavica GOLUBOVIC

EVALUTION OF THE COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIOUR AS A BASE FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING OF COMMUNICATIONAL IMPAIRMENTS WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

Communicational impairments in the framework of the autism syndrome are considered as main ones for understanding the nature of autism, both for the planning and carrying out the efficient programme of treatment. (Every child with autism need an individual approach. Therefore it is very important to have precise evaluation of the communicative behavior of each child personally.

The evaluation procedure should be flexible enough to identify the individual differences and provide real information on the understanding of the language and the abilities for speech production, communicative and socio-interactive abilities, as well as the language-communicative abilities.