Enhancing language development in autistic preschoolers through corrective interventions

The problem of autistic disorders in preschool children is considered to be one of the most relevant for modern preschool educational institutions, as speech activity serves as a basis for the process of knowledge acquisition and overall personality development. Timely identification of speech disorders, practical study of their characteristics and differentiation of autistic disorders are identified as the basis of the speech therapy work system. The study aims to analyse the functionality of corrective speech development in preschool children with autistic disorders. Several general scientific research methods were used to achieve the research goals, including analysis, synthesis, abstraction, induction and deduction, specification and formalisation, and comparison. The study identified possible consequences of severe speech disorders on the process of children's mental development. It substantiated the necessity of their awareness during the implementation of the process of corrective speech development of children of the specified category in preschool educational institutions. It was established that the functionality of support of preschool children with autistic disorders includes stages of diagnostic and corrective work not only directly with the child but also with its environment. The research has shown that in order to integrate a child with autism into society successfully, it is necessary to effectively diagnose certain aspects of his/her mental development at an early stage, which significantly complicates speech problems, in order to provide practical specialised corrective assistance.