Attempting to “Increase Intake from the Input”: Attention and Word Learning in Children with Autism / Elena J. TENENBAUM in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47-6 (June 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 47-6 (June 2017) . - p.1791-1805 Titre : Attempting to “Increase Intake from the Input”: Attention and Word Learning in Children with Autism Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Elena J. TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Dima AMSO, Auteur ; Giulia RIGHI, Auteur ; Stephen J. SHEINKOPF, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1791-1805 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Eye-tracking  Word-learning  Attention to faces  Joint attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Previous work has demonstrated that social attention is related to early language abilities. We explored whether we can facilitate word learning among children with autism by directing attention to areas of the scene that have been demonstrated as relevant for successful word learning. We tracked eye movements to faces and objects while children watched videos of a woman teaching them new words. Test trials measured participants’ recognition of these novel word-object pairings. Results indicate that for children with autism and typically developing children, pointing to the speaker’s mouth while labeling a novel object impaired performance, likely because it distracted participants from the target object. In contrast, for children with autism, holding the object close to the speaker’s mouth improved performance. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3098-0 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=308 [article] Attempting to “Increase Intake from the Input”: Attention and Word Learning in Children with Autism [texte imprimé] / Elena J. TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Dima AMSO, Auteur ; Giulia RIGHI, Auteur ; Stephen J. SHEINKOPF, Auteur . - p.1791-1805. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 47-6 (June 2017) . - p.1791-1805 Mots-clés : Autism  Eye-tracking  Word-learning  Attention to faces  Joint attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Previous work has demonstrated that social attention is related to early language abilities. We explored whether we can facilitate word learning among children with autism by directing attention to areas of the scene that have been demonstrated as relevant for successful word learning. We tracked eye movements to faces and objects while children watched videos of a woman teaching them new words. Test trials measured participants’ recognition of these novel word-object pairings. Results indicate that for children with autism and typically developing children, pointing to the speaker’s mouth while labeling a novel object impaired performance, likely because it distracted participants from the target object. In contrast, for children with autism, holding the object close to the speaker’s mouth improved performance. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3098-0 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=308

Autism Heterogeneity in a Densely Sampled U.S. Population: Results From the First 1,000 Participants in the RI-CART Study / Carolyn MCCORMICK in Autism Research, 13-3 (March 2020)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 13-3 (March 2020) . - p.474-488 Titre : Autism Heterogeneity in a Densely Sampled U.S. Population: Results From the First 1,000 Participants in the RI-CART Study Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Carolyn MCCORMICK, Auteur ; Brian C. KAVANAUGH, Auteur ; Danielle SIPSOCK, Auteur ; Giulia RIGHI, Auteur ; Lindsay M. OBERMAN, Auteur ; Daniel MORENO DE LUCA, Auteur ; Ece D. GAMSIZ UZUN, Auteur ; Carrie R. BEST, Auteur ; Beth A. JERSKEY, Auteur ; Joanne G. QUINN, Auteur ; Susan B. JEWEL, Auteur ; Pei-Chi WU, Auteur ; Rebecca L. MCLEAN, Auteur ; Todd P. LEVINE, Auteur ; Hasmik TOKADJIAN, Auteur ; Kayla A. PERKINS, Auteur ; Elaine B. CLARKE, Auteur ; Brittany DUNN, Auteur ; Alan H. GERBER, Auteur ; Elena J. TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Thomas F. ANDERS, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.474-488 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorder  comorbidity  female autism  population study  registry Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The objective of this study was to establish a large, densely sampled, U.S. population-based cohort of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) represents a unique public-private-academic collaboration involving all major points of service for families in Rhode Island affected by ASD. Diagnosis was based on direct behavioral observation via the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition. For the first 1,000 participants, ages ranged from 21 months to 64 years. Using Geographic Information System and published prevalence rates, the overall cohort is estimated to represent between 20% and 49% of pediatric age persons in Rhode Island with ASD, with demographics representative of U.S. Census. We observed a high rate of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions in affected individuals. Among the most prominent findings of immediate clinical importance, we found that females received a first diagnosis of ASD at a later age than males, potentially due to more advanced language abilities in females with ASD. In summary, this is the first analysis of a large, population-based U.S. cohort with ASD. Given the depth of sampling, the RI-CART study reflects an important new resource for studying ASD in a representative U.S. population. Psychiatric and medical comorbidities in ASD constitute a substantial burden and warrant adequate attention as part of overall treatment. Our study also suggests that new strategies for earlier diagnosis of ASD in females may be warranted. Autism Res 2020, 13: 474-488. (c) 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: The Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) represents a unique public-private-academic collaboration involving all major points of service for families in Rhode Island affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this article, we provide results from the first 1,000 participants, estimated to represent >20% of affected families in the state. Importantly, we find a later age at first diagnosis of ASD in females, which potentially calls attention to the need for improved early diagnosis in girls. Also, we report a high rate of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions in affected individuals. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2261 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=421 [article] Autism Heterogeneity in a Densely Sampled U.S. Population: Results From the First 1,000 Participants in the RI-CART Study [texte imprimé] / Carolyn MCCORMICK, Auteur ; Brian C. KAVANAUGH, Auteur ; Danielle SIPSOCK, Auteur ; Giulia RIGHI, Auteur ; Lindsay M. OBERMAN, Auteur ; Daniel MORENO DE LUCA, Auteur ; Ece D. GAMSIZ UZUN, Auteur ; Carrie R. BEST, Auteur ; Beth A. JERSKEY, Auteur ; Joanne G. QUINN, Auteur ; Susan B. JEWEL, Auteur ; Pei-Chi WU, Auteur ; Rebecca L. MCLEAN, Auteur ; Todd P. LEVINE, Auteur ; Hasmik TOKADJIAN, Auteur ; Kayla A. PERKINS, Auteur ; Elaine B. CLARKE, Auteur ; Brittany DUNN, Auteur ; Alan H. GERBER, Auteur ; Elena J. TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Thomas F. ANDERS, Auteur . - p.474-488. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 13-3 (March 2020) . - p.474-488 Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorder  comorbidity  female autism  population study  registry Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The objective of this study was to establish a large, densely sampled, U.S. population-based cohort of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) represents a unique public-private-academic collaboration involving all major points of service for families in Rhode Island affected by ASD. Diagnosis was based on direct behavioral observation via the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition. For the first 1,000 participants, ages ranged from 21 months to 64 years. Using Geographic Information System and published prevalence rates, the overall cohort is estimated to represent between 20% and 49% of pediatric age persons in Rhode Island with ASD, with demographics representative of U.S. Census. We observed a high rate of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions in affected individuals. Among the most prominent findings of immediate clinical importance, we found that females received a first diagnosis of ASD at a later age than males, potentially due to more advanced language abilities in females with ASD. In summary, this is the first analysis of a large, population-based U.S. cohort with ASD. Given the depth of sampling, the RI-CART study reflects an important new resource for studying ASD in a representative U.S. population. Psychiatric and medical comorbidities in ASD constitute a substantial burden and warrant adequate attention as part of overall treatment. Our study also suggests that new strategies for earlier diagnosis of ASD in females may be warranted. Autism Res 2020, 13: 474-488. (c) 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: The Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) represents a unique public-private-academic collaboration involving all major points of service for families in Rhode Island affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this article, we provide results from the first 1,000 participants, estimated to represent >20% of affected families in the state. Importantly, we find a later age at first diagnosis of ASD in females, which potentially calls attention to the need for improved early diagnosis in girls. Also, we report a high rate of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions in affected individuals. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2261 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=421

Bottom-Up Attention Orienting in Young Children with Autism / Dima AMSO in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44-3 (March 2014)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 44-3 (March 2014) . - p.664-673 Titre : Bottom-Up Attention Orienting in Young Children with Autism Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Dima AMSO, Auteur ; Sara HAAS, Auteur ; Elena TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Julie MARKANT, Auteur ; Stephen J. SHEINKOPF, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.664-673 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Bottom-up attention  Saliency  Visual attention  Autism  Eye tracking  Social attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We examined the impact of simultaneous bottom-up visual influences and meaningful social stimuli on attention orienting in young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Relative to typically-developing age and sex matched participants, children with ASDs were more influenced by bottom-up visual scene information regardless of whether social stimuli and bottom-up scene properties were congruent or competing. This initial reliance on bottom-up strategies correlated with severity of social impairment as well as receptive language impairments. These data provide support for the idea that there is enhanced reliance on bottom-up attention strategies in ASDs, and that this may have a negative impact on social and language development. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1925-5 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=225 [article] Bottom-Up Attention Orienting in Young Children with Autism [texte imprimé] / Dima AMSO, Auteur ; Sara HAAS, Auteur ; Elena TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Julie MARKANT, Auteur ; Stephen J. SHEINKOPF, Auteur . - p.664-673. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 44-3 (March 2014) . - p.664-673 Mots-clés : Bottom-up attention  Saliency  Visual attention  Autism  Eye tracking  Social attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We examined the impact of simultaneous bottom-up visual influences and meaningful social stimuli on attention orienting in young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Relative to typically-developing age and sex matched participants, children with ASDs were more influenced by bottom-up visual scene information regardless of whether social stimuli and bottom-up scene properties were congruent or competing. This initial reliance on bottom-up strategies correlated with severity of social impairment as well as receptive language impairments. These data provide support for the idea that there is enhanced reliance on bottom-up attention strategies in ASDs, and that this may have a negative impact on social and language development. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1925-5 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=225

Distance from Typical Scan Path When Viewing Complex Stimuli in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and its Association with Behavior / Elena J. TENENBAUM in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51-10 (October 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 51-10 (October 2021) . - p.3492-3505 Titre : Distance from Typical Scan Path When Viewing Complex Stimuli in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and its Association with Behavior Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Elena J. TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Samantha MAJOR, Auteur ; Kimberly L.H. CARPENTER, Auteur ; Jill HOWARD, Auteur ; Michael MURIAS, Auteur ; Geraldine DAWSON, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.3492-3505 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Attention  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Child  Fixation, Ocular  Humans  Social Behavior  Autism  Communication  Eye-tracking  Social attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Eye-tracking is often used to study attention in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous research has identified multiple atypical patterns of attention in children with ASD based on areas-of-interest analysis. Fewer studies have investigated gaze path, a measure which is dependent on the dynamic content of the stimulus presented. Here, rather than looking at proportions of looking time to areas of interest, we calculated mean fixations frame-by-frame in a group of typically developing children (36 to 72 months) and determined the distance from those typical fixations for 155 children with ASD (27-95 months). Findings revealed that distance from the typical scan path among the children with ASD was associated with lower communication abilities and greater ASD symptomatology. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04812-w Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=453 [article] Distance from Typical Scan Path When Viewing Complex Stimuli in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and its Association with Behavior [texte imprimé] / Elena J. TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Samantha MAJOR, Auteur ; Kimberly L.H. CARPENTER, Auteur ; Jill HOWARD, Auteur ; Michael MURIAS, Auteur ; Geraldine DAWSON, Auteur . - p.3492-3505. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 51-10 (October 2021) . - p.3492-3505 Mots-clés : Attention  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Child  Fixation, Ocular  Humans  Social Behavior  Autism  Communication  Eye-tracking  Social attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Eye-tracking is often used to study attention in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous research has identified multiple atypical patterns of attention in children with ASD based on areas-of-interest analysis. Fewer studies have investigated gaze path, a measure which is dependent on the dynamic content of the stimulus presented. Here, rather than looking at proportions of looking time to areas of interest, we calculated mean fixations frame-by-frame in a group of typically developing children (36 to 72 months) and determined the distance from those typical fixations for 155 children with ASD (27-95 months). Findings revealed that distance from the typical scan path among the children with ASD was associated with lower communication abilities and greater ASD symptomatology. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04812-w Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=453

Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS) / Adam J. NAPLES in Autism, 27-5 (July 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 27-5 (July 2023) . - p.1391-1406 Titre : Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS) Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Adam J. NAPLES, Auteur ; Elena J. TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Richard N. JONES, Auteur ; Giulia RIGHI, Auteur ; Stephen J. SHEINKOPF, Auteur ; Inge-Marie EIGSTI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1391-1406 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorder;assessment;communication;language;LVIS;minimally verbal Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Approximately 30% of autistic children are considered minimally verbal. The field lacks an efficient and reliable measure of communicative capacity among minimally verbal autistic children. Improved methods are needed to determine which children are at greatest risk for minimally verbal outcomes to better target interventions. Here, we present the Low Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS), a brief parent-report measure designed to assess communicative capacity among minimally verbal autistic children. The 36-item easy-to-complete LVIS was developed to capture the atypical language trajectories associated specifically with autism. We report pilot results from a sample of 147 children (1-8 years) whose caregivers completed the LVIS as part of other studies. Principal components analysis was used to assess dimensionality of the LVIS; composite scores were compared with existing measures of communicative capacity, all of which take significantly more time and training to administer and score. Scores on the LVIS were strongly correlated with existing gold-standard measures of communication. Presence of atypical vocalizations was determined to be particularly relevant for symptoms of autism as well as language and cognitive abilities. These findings provide initial validation of a tool designed to capture multiple dimensions of communicative capacity in children with minimal or low verbal skills. Lay abstract Approximately one in three autistic children is unable to communicate with language; this state is often described as minimally verbal. Despite the tremendous clinical implications, we cannot predict whether a minimally verbal child is simply delayed (but will eventually develop spoken language) or will continue to struggle with verbal language, and might therefore benefit from learning an alternative form of communication. This is important for clinicians to know, to be able to choose the most helpful interventions, such as alternative forms of communication. In addition, the field lacks a standard definition of "minimally verbal." Even when we do agree on what the term means (e.g. fewer than 20 words), describing a child based on their lack of words does not tell us whether that child is communicating in other ways or how they are using those 20 words. To address these concerns, we developed the Low Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS), a one-page parent-report measure designed to help us characterize how minimally verbal autistic children are communicating. Parents of 147 children (aged 1-8 years) completed the LVIS. Here, we ask (1) whether the survey measures what it was designed to measure, that is, communicative ability in children without much spoken language, and (2) how the LVIS relates to cognitive and language ability, and symptoms of autism. Results suggest that this survey, which takes only 5 min to complete, is a good estimate of the child?s communication skills. Furthermore, LVIS survey scores are correlated with other measures of language and cognitive abilities as well as autism symptomatology. The LVIS has the potential to save time and money in both clinical and research efforts to assess communication skills in minimally verbal autistic children. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613221136657 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=507 [article] Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS) [texte imprimé] / Adam J. NAPLES, Auteur ; Elena J. TENENBAUM, Auteur ; Richard N. JONES, Auteur ; Giulia RIGHI, Auteur ; Stephen J. SHEINKOPF, Auteur ; Inge-Marie EIGSTI, Auteur . - p.1391-1406. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 27-5 (July 2023) . - p.1391-1406 Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorder;assessment;communication;language;LVIS;minimally verbal Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Approximately 30% of autistic children are considered minimally verbal. The field lacks an efficient and reliable measure of communicative capacity among minimally verbal autistic children. Improved methods are needed to determine which children are at greatest risk for minimally verbal outcomes to better target interventions. Here, we present the Low Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS), a brief parent-report measure designed to assess communicative capacity among minimally verbal autistic children. The 36-item easy-to-complete LVIS was developed to capture the atypical language trajectories associated specifically with autism. We report pilot results from a sample of 147 children (1-8 years) whose caregivers completed the LVIS as part of other studies. Principal components analysis was used to assess dimensionality of the LVIS; composite scores were compared with existing measures of communicative capacity, all of which take significantly more time and training to administer and score. Scores on the LVIS were strongly correlated with existing gold-standard measures of communication. Presence of atypical vocalizations was determined to be particularly relevant for symptoms of autism as well as language and cognitive abilities. These findings provide initial validation of a tool designed to capture multiple dimensions of communicative capacity in children with minimal or low verbal skills. Lay abstract Approximately one in three autistic children is unable to communicate with language; this state is often described as minimally verbal. Despite the tremendous clinical implications, we cannot predict whether a minimally verbal child is simply delayed (but will eventually develop spoken language) or will continue to struggle with verbal language, and might therefore benefit from learning an alternative form of communication. This is important for clinicians to know, to be able to choose the most helpful interventions, such as alternative forms of communication. In addition, the field lacks a standard definition of "minimally verbal." Even when we do agree on what the term means (e.g. fewer than 20 words), describing a child based on their lack of words does not tell us whether that child is communicating in other ways or how they are using those 20 words. To address these concerns, we developed the Low Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS), a one-page parent-report measure designed to help us characterize how minimally verbal autistic children are communicating. Parents of 147 children (aged 1-8 years) completed the LVIS. Here, we ask (1) whether the survey measures what it was designed to measure, that is, communicative ability in children without much spoken language, and (2) how the LVIS relates to cognitive and language ability, and symptoms of autism. Results suggest that this survey, which takes only 5 min to complete, is a good estimate of the child?s communication skills. Furthermore, LVIS survey scores are correlated with other measures of language and cognitive abilities as well as autism symptomatology. The LVIS has the potential to save time and money in both clinical and research efforts to assess communication skills in minimally verbal autistic children. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613221136657 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=507

Perception of Cry Characteristics in 1-Month-Old Infants Later Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder / M. Samantha ENGLISH in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49-3 (March 2019)  

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Sensitivity to audio-visual synchrony and its relation to language abilities in children with and without ASD / Giulia RIGHI in Autism Research, 11-4 (April 2018)  

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A Six-Minute Measure of Vocalizations in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Elena J. TENENBAUM in Autism Research, 13-8 (August 2020)  

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