Language disorder in a pervasive developmental disorder: description of a speech-language intervention process

This study aims to describe language intervention process of an autistic child at the Speech Pathology Department at USP-Bauru. An autistic male child diagnosed at two years old was submitted to private language intervention twice a week, since diagnosis. The study reports the first nine months of therapy. Results show that the child developed functional communication through oral language and other ways of symbolism, in addition to spontaneous and communicative eye contact, moments of attention in activities with adults and children.