Review of Foreign Approaches to Development of Communication in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

The article presents a generalized overview of international approaches to the evaluation and formation of communication in children with autism spectrum disor ders (ASD). Described radicals communication disorders in children with ASD. Analyzed foreign approaches (Communication system for the exchange of images (PECS) Lori Frost and Andrew Bondy; options piktogramme6ideogrammic communication (bliss6symbolism, Loeb system), a system of sign language; Program in Applied verbal behavior; a Method of facilitating communication (FC) and others) used for the development of communication in children with ASD and donditions underlying these approaches. Examined differences in focus for the development of communication in children with ASD in domestic and foreign schools. The main conditions for the development of communication in children with ASD described in the framework of cultural historical psychology and activity approach, ensuring the inclusion of children with ASD in education.

1.       Blonskii P.P. Pedologiya [Elektronnyi resurs] [Pedology]. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe uchebno-pedagogicheskoe izdatel'stvo, 1934. 356 p. URL: http://elib.gnpbu.ru/text/blonsky_pedologiya_1934 (Accessed: 15.09.2014). (In Russ.).