CONCEPTUAL PICTURE OF THE WORLD AS A COGNITIVE COMPONENT OF THE LANGUAGE PERSONALITY OF A CHILD WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Abstract

The article considers the possibility of expanding the methods of correcting the speech and cognitive skills of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by referring to the analysis of the conceptual picture of the world as a component of the child's linguistic personality. The basis of the conceptual picture of the world is a unique mental product associated with the peculiarities of the transformation and interpretation of information by an individual. This peculiarity of the conceptual picture of the world provides rich ground for research in the field of cultural linguistics, however, the application of the theory of the conceptual picture of the world can be no less effective in psychological and pedagogical practice, in particular, in working with children with autism spectrum disorder. The results of the study of the conceptual picture of the world are presented and a model of its development in children with ASD, who have the initial skills of expressive speech, is developed. The significance of an integrated approach to the development of the language personality of a child with ASD is substantiated, which implies a simultaneous impact on all language levels and cognitive activity of the child. Particular emphasis is placed on the sequence of correctional activities of a specialist in the context of the development of the linguistic personality of a child with ASD, taking into account the peculiarities of his conceptual picture of the world.