Corelation Study: Emotion Recognition and Verbal Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Keywords:
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Verbal Skills, Social MotivationAbstract
Children with ASD have difficulty in recognizing other people's emotional expressions. Rooted in the weakness of the cognitive process in understanding the feelings of others and impacting the ability to establish relationships with others. This study aims to explore the relationship between the ability to recognize the basic expressions with verbal skills, also the ability to understand simple commands, and social motivation. The method used in this study is quantitative. The descriptive study was conducted to describe the response of 15 students with ASD trough the treatment. The data analysis technique uses Kendall's Tau. The total of 8 subjects or 53.3% couldn’t recognize emotional expressions, 28.7% can recognize emotional expressions, and 20% can somewhat recognize emotional expressions. The total, 40% can answer simple questions and express their wishes verbally. A total of 33.3% experienced echolalia. While 26.7% fall into the nonverbal category, meaning that they cannot speak or have very limited speaking skills. There is a significant relationship between emotional recognition skills with an understanding of simple commands and social motivation, and there is a relationship between speaking skills or oral skills with an understanding of simple commands and social motivation.
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