[Language therapy results with adolescents of the autistic spectrum].
BACKGROUND
Results of language therapy with adolescents and children with autistic spectrum disorders.


OBJECTIVE
to identify changes, after a six-month period of speech-language therapy, in a group of adolescents and to compare them with a group of children.


METHODS
Data referring to the communicative profile and social-cognitive performance of 12 adolescents and 12 children were analyzed.


RESULTS
Just one of the 10 observed areas presented meaningful progress for the group of adolescents and 5 areas presented progress for group of children.


CONCLUSIONS
The results reinforce the importance of language therapy for autistic children, as more progress can be obtained at this age.
Fernandes
Fernanda Dreux Miranda
FD
Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupcational da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. fernandadreux@aol.com
D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007804:Language Development; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D007807:Language Tests; D007808:Language Therapy; D012938:Social Perception; D013070:Speech Therapy