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Direct linkBuzhardt, Jay; Wallisch, Anna; Irvin, Dwight; Boyd, Brian; Salley, Brenda; Jia, Fan – Journal of Early Intervention, 2022
One of the earliest indicators of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is delay in language and social communication. Despite consensus on the benefits of earlier diagnosis and intervention, our understanding of the language growth of children with ASD during the first years of life remains limited. Therefore, this study compared communication growth…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Toddlers, Expressive Language
Talbott, Meagan R.; Dufek, Sarah; Young, Greg; Rogers, Sally J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This study investigated the feasibility of recruiting and assessing infants with prodromal autism characteristics in the first year of life via telehealth. Participants included 41 infants (Mage = 10.51 months, 51.2% female, 80.5% White) whose parents had concerns about social communication delays or autism. All infants met concerns criteria on a…
Descriptors: Infants, Autism Spectrum Disorders, At Risk Persons, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Chambers, Nola; Stronach, Sheri T.; Wetherby, Amy M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2016
Background: Substantial development in social communication skills occurs in the first two years of life. Growth should be evident in sharing emotion and eye gaze; rate of communication, communicating for a variety of functions; using gestures, sounds and words; understanding language, and using functional and pretend actions with objects in play.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Communication Skills
Lewis, Fiona M.; Coman, David J.; Syrmis, Maryanne – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
There are no known biomedical or genetic markers to identify which infants with galactosaemia (GAL) are most at risk of poor language skill development, yet pre-linguistic communicative "red flag" behaviours are recognised as early identifiers of heightened vulnerability to impaired language development. We report on pre-linguistic…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Skill Development, Language Impairments, Infants
Veness, Carly; Prior, Margot; Bavin, Edith; Eadie, Patricia; Cini, Eileen; Reilly, Sheena – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Prospective questionnaire data from a longitudinal population sample on children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), developmental delay, specific language impairment, or typical development (TD), were collected at ages eight, 12 and 24 months, via the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scale Developmental Profile (CSBS)--Infant Toddler…
Descriptors: Autism, Language Impairments, Young Children, Comparative Analysis
Wetherby, Amy M.; Brosnan-Maddox, Susan; Peace, Vickie; Newton, Laura – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
There is an urgent requirement for the improvement of early detection of ASDs. This article provides a brief review of research on the accuracy of screeners for children with ASD that have been administered to general pediatric samples and then present results of a population-based study with a broadband screener to detect children with…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Validity, Measures (Individuals), Infants
Peer reviewedWetherby, Amy M.; Goldstein, Howard; Cleary, Julie; Allen, Lori; Kublin, Kary – Infants and Young Children, 2003
This article describes two studies that examined the concurrent and predictive validity of the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile (CSBS DP), a measure for identifying children less than 24 months old who are at risk for communication disorders. Findings support the use of prelinguistic predictors and the important…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Communication Disorders, Concurrent Validity
