Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Case Study of Two Mental Disabilities Centers in Tlemcen

Abstract

The aim of this research work is to investigate how the autistic children are taught in order to develop their language in two mental disabilities centers in Tlemcen. It relies on a sample of two speech language pathologists. Moreover, data were collected qualitatively using two research instruments: a structured interview directed to the speech-language pathologists and a structured classroom observation. The main results revealed that both SLPs misunderstand the methods of teaching autistic children, and thus face serious difficulties when dealing with them. Consequently, this affects autistic children negatively