Development of the Children's Communication Checklist (CCC): A method for assessing qualitative aspects of communicative impairment in children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 879-891

  Bishop, D V M ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; PDD; Pragmatics; Ratings; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031715265     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098002832     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Adams, C., & Bishop, D. V. M. (1989). Conversational characteristics of children with semantic-pragmatic disorder. I. Exchange structure, turntaking, repairs and cohesion. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 24, 211-239.
2. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th edn.). Washington, DC: Author.
3. Aram, D. M., & Nation, J. E. (1975). Patterns of language behaviour in children with developmental language disorders. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 18, 229-241.
4. Bishop, D. V. M. (1989a). Autism, Asperger's syndrome and semantic-pragmatic disorder: Where are the boundaries? British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 24, 107-121.
5. Bishop, D. V. M. (1989b). Test for Reception of Grammar (2nd edn.). Age and Cognitive Performance Research Centre, University of Manchester, M13 9PL: Author.
6. Bishop, D. V. M. (in press). What's so special about Asperger syndrome? The need for further exploration of the borderlands of autism. In A. Klin, F. R. Volkmar, & S. S. Sparrow (Eds.), Asperger syndrome. New York: Guilford Press.
7. Bishop, D. V. M., & Adams, C. (1989). Conversational characteristics of children with semantic-pragmatic disorder. II. What features lead to a judgement of inappropriacy? British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 24, 241-263.
8. Bishop, D.V. M., & Adams, C. (1991). What do referential communication tasks measure? A study of children with specific language impairment. Applied Psycholinguistics, 12, 199-215.
9. Bishop, D. V. M., Chan, J., Adams, C., Hartley, J., & Weir, F. (in press). Evidence of disproportionate pragmatic difficulties in a subset of children with specific language impairment. Development and Psychopathology.
10. Bishop, D. V. M., & Rosenbloom, L. (1987). Classification of childhood language disorders. In W. Yule & M. Rutter (Eds.), Language development and disorders. Clinics in Developmental Medicine (double issue), nos. 101-2 (pp. 16-41) London: Mac Keith Press.
11. Bolton, P., MacDonald, H., Pickles, A., Rios, P., Goode, S., Crowson, M., Bailey, A., & Rutter, M. (1994). A case-control family history study of autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 35, 877-900.
12. Cantwell, D., Russell, A., Mattison, R., & Will, L. (1979). A comparison of DSM-II and DSM-III in the diagnosis of childhood psychiatric disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 36, 1208-1222.
13. Cantwell, D., & Rutter, M. (1994). Classification: Conceptual issues and substantive findings. In M. Rutter, E. Taylor, & L. Hersov (Eds.), Child and adolescent psychiatry: Modern approaches (pp. 3-21). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
14. Caplan, R. (1996). Discourse deficits in childhood schizophrenia. In J. H. Beitchman, N. J. Cohen, M. M. Konstantareas, & R. Tannock (Eds.), Language, learning, and behaviour disorders (pp. 156-177). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
15. Conti-Ramsden, G., Crutchley, A., & Dotting, N. (1997). The extent to which psychometric tests differentiate subgroups of children with SLI. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 40, 765-777.
16. Cromer, R. (1994). A case study of dissociations between language and cognition. In H. Tager-Flusberg (Ed.), Constraints on language acquisition: Studies of atypical children (pp. 141-153). Hove, U.K.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
17. Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika, 16, 297-334.
18. Dewart, H., & Summers, S. (1988). The pragmatics profile of early communication skills. Windsor, U.K.: NFER-Nelson.
19. Elliott, C., Murray, D. J., & Pearson, L. S. (1983). British Ability Scales. Windsor, U.K.: NFER-Nelson.
20. Goldman, R., & Fristoe, M. (1986). Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
21. Karmiloff-Smith, A., Klima, E., Bellugi, U., Grant, J., & Baron-Cohen, S. (1995). Is there a social module? Language, face processing and theory of mind in individuals with Williams syndrome. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 7, 196-208.
22. Klecan-Aker, J. S., & Swank, P. R. (1988). The use of a pragmatic protocol with normal preschool children. Journal of Communication Disorders, 21, 85-102.
23. Lister Brook, S., & Bowler, D. (1992). Autism by another name? Semantic and pragmatic impairments in children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 22, 61-82.
24. Lord, C., Rutter, M., & LeCouteur, A. (1994). Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 659-685.
25. McTear, M., & Conti-Ramsden, G. (1992). Pragmatic disability in children. London: Whurr.
26. Paraskevopoulos, J. N., & Kirk, S. A. (1969). The development and psychometric characteristics of the Revised Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
27. Phelps-Terasaki, D., & Phelps-Gunn, T. (1992). Test of Pragmatic Language. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
28. Piven, J., Arndt, S., Bailey, J., Havercamp, S., Andreasen, N. C., & Palmer, P. (1995). An MRI study of brain size in autism. American Journal of Psychiatry, 152, 1145-1149.
29. Prutting, C., & Kirchner, D. M. (1987). A clinical appraisal of the pragmatic aspects of language. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 51, 105-119.
30. Rapin, I. (1996). Developmental language disorders: A clinical update. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 37, 643-655.
31. Rapin, I, & Allen, D. (1983). Developmental language disorders: Nosologie considerations. In U. Kirk (Ed.), Neuropsychology of language, reading and spelling (pp. 155-184). New York: Academic Press.
32. Rapin, I, & Allen, D. (1987). Developmental dysphasia and autism in preschool children: Characteristics and subtypes. In Proceedings of the first international symposium on specific speech and language disorders in children (pp. 20-35). London: AFASIC
33. Renfrew, C. (1991). The Bus Story: A test of continuous speech. Bicester, U.K.: Winslow Press.
34. Roth, F., & Spekman, N.J. (1984). Assessing the pragmatic abilities of children: Part 2. Guidelines, considerations, and specific evaluation procedures. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 49, 12-17.
35. Sahlén, B., & Nettlebladt, U. (1993). Context and comprehension: A neurolinguistic and interactional approach to the understanding of semantic-pragmatic disorder. European Journal of Disorders of Communication, 28, 117-140.
36. Shields, J. (1991). Semantic-pragmatic disorder: A right hemisphere syndrome? British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 26, 383-392.
37. Shulman, B. B. (1985). Test of pragmatic skills. Tucson, AZ: Communication Skill Builders.
38. Skuse, D. H., James, R. S., Bishop, D. V. M., Coppin, B., Dalton, P., Aamodt-Leeper, G., Bacarese-Hamilton, M., Cresswell, C., McGurk, R., & Jacobs, P. (1997). Evidence from Turner syndrome of an imprinted X-linked locus affecting cognitive function. Nature, 387, 705-708.
39. Sudhalter, V., Scarborough, H. S., & Cohen, I. L. (1991). Syntactic delay and pragmatic deviance in the language of fragile X males. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 38, 493-497.
40. Tannock, R., Fine, J., Heintz, T., & Schachar, R. J. (1995). A linguistic approach detects stimulant effects in two children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 5, 177-189.
41. Wilson, B. C., & Risucci, D. A. (1986). A model for clinical-quantitative classification generation 1: Application to language disordered preschool children. Brain and Language, 27, 281-310.
42. Wing, L. (1989). The diagnosis of autism. In C. Gillberg (Ed.), Diagnosis and treatment of autism (pp. 5-22). New York: Plenum Press.
43. Wolfus, B., Moscovitch, M., & Kinsbourne, M. (1980). Subgroups of developmental language impairment. Brain and Language, 10, 152-171.
44. Woodhouse, W., Bailey, A., Rutter, M., Bolton, P., Baird, G., & LeCouteur, A. (1996). Head circumference in autism and other pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 37, 665-671.