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Language and Pragmatics Across Neurodevelopmental Disorders: An Investigation Using the Italian Version of CCC-2

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Impairments in structural language and pragmatics are well recognized in different neurodevelopmental disorders, yet in clinical work the discrimination of children with various language difficulties into different diagnostic profile is still a major challenge. Using the CCC-2 questionnaire this study assesses and compares language competences in a sample of Italian children (aged 8–10) with typical development (n = 26) and in children with different neurodevelopmental conditions: high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (n = 19), Language Disorder with associated Developmental Dyslexia (n = 23), Developmental Dyslexia without linguistic impairments (n = 21). The results supported the validity of CCC2 as screening measure that is able to distinguish children with communication impairments from non-impaired peers.

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  1. Marika Ferrara and Michela Camia contributed equally to this work. Roberto Padovani and Maristella Scorza jointly supervised this work.

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  1. Department of Education and Human Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Viale Antonio Allegri 9, 42121, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Marika Ferrara, Michela Camia & Maristella Scorza

  2. A.N.Svi, Borgo Regale 14, 43121, Parma, Italy

    Valentina Cecere, Virginia Villata & Nataly Vivenzio

  3. Division of Clinical Psychology AUSL Modena, Via Cardarelli 43, 41124, Modena, Italy

    Roberto Padovani

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Ferrara, M., Camia, M., Cecere, V. et al. Language and Pragmatics Across Neurodevelopmental Disorders: An Investigation Using the Italian Version of CCC-2. J Autism Dev Disord 50, 1295–1309 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04358-6

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