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ERIC Number: EJ1346620
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jul
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
EISSN: EISSN-1461-7005
Available Date: N/A
Leveraging Telehealth to Evaluate Infants with Prodromal Autism Spectrum Disorder Characteristics Using the Telehealth Evaluation of Development for Infants
Talbott, Meagan R.; Dufek, Sarah; Young, Greg; Rogers, Sally J.
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v26 n5 p1242-1254 Jul 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 social communication screener. Infants were subsequently assessed via telehealth using the Telehealth Evaluation of Development for Infants protocol, wherein parents are coached through a series of semi-structured interactions from which key measures of autism characteristics, communication, developmental level, and clinical best estimates of autism spectrum disorder likelihood are scored. Parents completed online questionnaires and surveys measuring the acceptability of the telehealth visits. Across both parent report and examiner-derived measures, infants demonstrated high scores on measures of purported autism traits, decreased communication skills, and delayed achievement of developmental milestones. Caregivers' acceptability ratings were uniformly positive. Results highlight the potential for telehealth to expand the scope of studies of emerging autism beyond infant sibling designs and to increase families' access to early evaluation services.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (DHHS/NIH); National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales; Ages and Stages Questionnaires
Grant or Contract Numbers: R21HD100372; U54HD079125; P50HD10352; UL1TR00000; UL1TR001860; KL2TR001859
Author Affiliations: N/A