Building of communicative skills with young learners with autistic spectrum disorder in the main educational stream: a case study.

This bachelor work presents a case study where the communication skills of a young learner with autistic spectrum disorder were developed above standard in the main educational stream. The aim of this work is to process the actual knowledge of this topic and afterwards to do a retrospective case study. The theoretical part of this work defines the terms connected with the topic autism, children´s autism, communication skills and special needs educational approaches used while working with children with the diagnosis of autism. The practical part presents sorts and methods of work and educational approaches that were used to the development of speaking and communication skills of the pupil with the diagnosis of children´s autism with a mild intellectual disability in the field of cognitive functions, and furthermore, how the acquired speaking skills influenced his integration into the basic school in the main educational stream and into the society. To fulfil the aims, a qualitative research has been done. It included a detailed medical history of the patient, interviews with his mother, his speech-language pathologist, his class teacher and his teacher´s assistant. The research revealed a lot of interesting information. Especially the following facts were of a great importance in the development of the pupil´s communication skills: mother´s engagement, team work of all of the involved subjects, sensible atmosphere in the class, methodical approaches of the class teacher, consistent keeping of the set rules and the boy´s chance to be educated in the school group of children who has been a big motivation for his development. This work can also be used as a source of information for parents, teachers, paediatricians or social workers who work with young learners with autistic spectrum disorder. The text can be used as a study material for students of educational schools, too