Software to Enrich the Noun Lexicons and Lexical Learning of Children with Autism

丰富自闭症儿童的名词词典和词汇学习的软件

• 批准号: 7909917
• 负责人: MARY SWEIG WILSON
• 金额: $ 19.18万
• 依托单位: LAUREATE LEARNING SYSTEMS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7909917
• 关键词: Address; Age; Autistic Disorder; Child; Classification; Cognitive; Computer software; Computers; Consult; Data; Development; Educational Curriculum; Effectiveness; Elements; Exclusion; Exposure to; Feedback; Goals; Hearing Impaired Persons; Language; Language Development; Language Disorders; Learning; Maps; Oral; Phase; Population; Process; Program Development; Publications; Research; Semantics; Series; Specific qualifier value; System; Target Populations; Testing; Training; Training Activity; Vocabulary; autism spectrum disorder; base; cost effective; lexical; prototype; public health relevance; remediation; specific language impairment; theories

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this project is to develop a curriculum and prototype software for a research-based vocabulary development program featuring a combined lexical-cognitive approach to noun acquisition. The target population for the curriculum will be children ages 3;0 to 12;0 with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as well as a broad range of other children with language disorders. The curriculum will use a core noun vocabulary in four sets of training activities to address four interrelated goals: (a) to train a core noun vocabulary using both fast and slow mapping strategies; (b) to enrich the semantic features of lexical entries by associating functional and/or descriptive information with each noun; (c) to enhance lexical organization by using the core vocabulary in a series of categorization activities involving superordinate classification, inclusion, and exclusion; and (d) to expand paradigmatic schemas with training that associates basic level nouns with paradigmatically associated concepts. In Phase I, a subset of the curriculum will be developed and used in field-testing with subjects in the target populations. Data collected will be used to guide Phase II development and field-testing of the full curriculum for efficacy with the target populations specified. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Impaired language is recognized as one of the hallmarks of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Despite extensive incidental exposure to language, many children with ASD have a markedly limited vocabulary and are clearly in need of formal remediation. The goal of this project is to develop a curriculum and prototype software for a research-based vocabulary development program featuring a combined lexical-cognitive approach to noun acquisition. The curriculum will focus on helping children to develop the learning processes necessary for efficient lexical acquisition and organization, and on laying the groundwork for a rich and semantically well organized conceptual framework. This will provide a cost effective means to promote early language and cognitive development in children with ASD as well as a broad range of other children with language disorders.

描述（由申请人提供）：本项目的目标是开发一个基于研究的词汇发展计划的课程和原型软件，该计划采用词汇认知相结合的方法来获得名词。该课程的目标人群将是3岁至12岁的自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童以及其他各种语言障碍儿童。该课程将在四组训练活动中使用核心名词词汇，以实现四个相互关联的目标：（a）使用快速和慢速映射策略训练核心名词词汇;（B）通过将功能和/或描述性信息与每个名词相关联来丰富词条的语义特征;（c）通过使用核心词汇进行一系列包括上位分类、包含和排除的分类活动来加强词汇组织;（d）通过训练将基本层次的名词与聚合相关的概念联系起来，扩展聚合图式。在第一阶段，将编制一套课程，并用于对目标人口中的受试者进行实地测试。收集的数据将用于指导II期开发和现场测试的完整课程的有效性与指定的目标人群。 公共卫生相关性：语言障碍被认为是自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的标志之一。尽管广泛的偶然接触语言，许多ASD儿童的词汇量明显有限，显然需要正式的补救。本项目的目标是为一个以研究为基础的词汇发展项目开发一个课程和原型软件，该项目以词汇认知结合的方法来获得名词。该课程将侧重于帮助儿童发展有效的词汇习得和组织所需的学习过程，并为丰富和语义组织良好的概念框架奠定基础。这将提供一种具有成本效益的方法，以促进ASD儿童以及其他各种语言障碍儿童的早期语言和认知发展。