ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2023
Prevalence and functional impact of social (pragmatic) communication disorders.
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- Pragmatic language disorders as predictors of psychopathological trajectories in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- SMILEY-assistive application to support social and emotional skills in SPCD individuals.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2024Trial
- Early language skills and later internalizing and externalizing behaviours: associations through core and pragmatic language.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- The hidden cost of fitting in: social camouflage in adolescents with social communication disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Perception of pragmatic skills by speech therapists and parents of children with autism spectrum disorder.CoDAS · 2026Observational
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- Assessing Pragmatic Skills in People with Intellectual Disabilities.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Looking for social pragmatic communication disorder in the complex world of Italian special needs: an exploratory study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Developmental Profile of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Versus Social Communication Disorder: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Differential Diagnosis of Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Implicit Grammatical Gender Representation in Italian Children with Autism without Intellectual/Language Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The fuzzy boundaries of the social (pragmatic) communication disorder (SPCD): Why the picture is still so confusing?Heliyon · 2023Review
- Accuracy of the ABFW ‒ Screening for speech disorders in early childhood.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
- Communication and Psychosocial Functioning in Children With Tourette Syndrome: Parent-Reported Measures.International journal of language & communication disordersArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the Children's Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2) for measuring social-pragmatic communication deficits and to ascertain their prevalence and functional impact in a community sample.
methodsWe used parent and teacher responses to the CCC-2 to approximate inclusion (poor social-pragmatic skills) and exclusion (poor structural language skills or autistic symptomatology) criteria for social (pragmatic) communication disorder (SPCD). We tested the prevalence of social-pragmatic deficits in a population-based sample of children (n = 386) aged 5-6 years old using CCC-2 algorithms. We also investigated the academic and behavioural profiles of children with broadly defined limitations in social-pragmatic competence on the CCC-2.
resultsRegardless of the diagnostic algorithm used, the resulting prevalence rates for social-pragmatic deficits indicated that very few children had isolated social-communication difficulties (0-1.3%). However, a larger proportion of children (range: 6.1-10.5%) had social-pragmatic skills outside the expected range alongside structural language difficulties and/or autism spectrum symptoms, and this profile was associated with a range of adverse academic and behavioural outcomes.
conclusionsA considerable proportion of children in the early years of primary school has social-pragmatic deficits that interfere with behaviour and scholastic activity; however, these rarely occur in isolation. Exclusionary criteria that include structural language may lead to underidentification of individuals with social-pragmatic deficits that may benefit from tailored support and intervention.
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