Spoken Language and Learning in School Age Individuals

2149V - Supporting Academic Success and Resilience: Introducing a New Assessment Battery for Measuring Social Pragmatic Communication

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Format: 1-Hour Seminar (Virtual)

Audience: Students, International Affiliates, Public/Consumers, Researchers, Related Professionals, Assistants, Early Career Professionals (under 5 years)

Keywords: Social Pragmatic Communication, Assessment Battery, Psychometric Properties, Instrument Development, Exploratory Factor Analysis

Presenting Author(s)

Yvette D. Hyter, Ph,.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow

Speech, Language & Hearing Scholar &. Clinician
Language & Literacy Practices, LLC

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Ioannis Vogindroukas

Speech Therapy Research & Training Institute
E. Brooks Applegate

Western Michigan University
Alycia Sterenberg Mahon

Western Michigan University

Social Pragmatic Communication (SPC) skills support academic success and resilience by facilitating the development and maintenance of positive peer relationships, interpreting others’ motivations, and successfully carrying out communication goals. The need for early identification of social pragmatic communication development is essential for supporting literacy and resilience; yet there are limited instruments that offer a comprehensive and holistic examination of SPC across various contexts and with different interlocutors. This seminar focuses on the development and preliminary psychometrics of a new multi-informant social pragmatic communication assessment battery.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the importance of social pragmatic communication for the development of resilience and the achievement of academic success
Explain the value of effective holistic and comprehensive assessments for social pragmatic communication
Differentiate social pragmatic communication abilities among neurotypical children, children with autism, and children with trauma histories