Communication Skills of 4 to 5 Years Old Autistic Children at Inclusive Kindergarten

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201112.045How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Communication Skill, Autistic Child, Inclusive Kindergarten

Abstract

This research is motivated the importance of communication that applied early on children are able to communicate and interact well with their environment. Social interaction will realize social contact and communication. The communication of autistic child will different from regular child communication, because in essence autistic child experiences three disorders namely interference with communication, interaction, and behavior. The research objective to determine the form communication skills of children with autism in social interactions in Jember Inclusion Kindergarten. Type of research is qualitative descriptive, data collection method of observation, interview, and documentation. Subjects study were 3 autistic children aged 4-5 years with mild, moderate, and severe categories. The results showed communication skill autistic children differed. Children with severe autism, verbal communication child i.e. able to communicate by saying 1-2 words through help, clear articulation, but still words have no communication function. Non-verbal communication, namely children using adult hands as a tool. Medium autistic children, verbal communication children able to do communication, clear articulation, but still some languages are spoken muttered. Non-verbal communication the child touches a hug, using an adult hand as a tool. Mild autistic children, verbal communication i.e. children able to communicate both ways, articulation still not quite right.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Arti Mayasari
AU  - Nanik Yuliati
AU  - Senny Weyara Dienda Saputri
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/12
TI  - Communication Skills of 4 to 5 Years Old Autistic Children at Inclusive Kindergarten
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Early Childhood and Primary Childhood Education (ECPE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 256
EP  - 258
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201112.045
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201112.045
ID  - Mayasari2020
ER  -