Concurrent Social Communication Predictors of Expressive Language in Minimally Verbal Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / M. PECUKONIS in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49-9 (September 2019)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 49-9 (September 2019) . - p.3767-3785 Titre : Concurrent Social Communication Predictors of Expressive Language in Minimally Verbal Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : M. PECUKONIS, Auteur ; D. PLESA SKWERER, Auteur ; B. EGGLESTON, Auteur ; S. MEYER, Auteur ; Helen TAGER-FLUSBERG, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.3767-3785 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Expressive language  Imitation  Joint attention  Minimally verbal  Play Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Numerous studies have investigated the predictors of language in pre-verbal toddlers and verbally fluent children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study investigated the concurrent relations among expressive language and a set of empirically-selected social communication variables-joint attention, imitation, and play-in a unique sample of 37 minimally verbal (MV) children and adolescents with ASD. Results revealed that imitation and play were significantly correlated with expressive language, even when controlling for non-verbal IQ, but joint attention was not. Imitation was the only predictor variable to reach significance within the regression model. Findings demonstrate that predictors of expressive language vary for subpopulations of the autism spectrum, and have broader implications for intervention design for older, MV individuals with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04089-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=405 [article] Concurrent Social Communication Predictors of Expressive Language in Minimally Verbal Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / M. PECUKONIS, Auteur ; D. PLESA SKWERER, Auteur ; B. EGGLESTON, Auteur ; S. MEYER, Auteur ; Helen TAGER-FLUSBERG, Auteur . - p.3767-3785. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 49-9 (September 2019) . - p.3767-3785 Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Expressive language  Imitation  Joint attention  Minimally verbal  Play Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Numerous studies have investigated the predictors of language in pre-verbal toddlers and verbally fluent children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study investigated the concurrent relations among expressive language and a set of empirically-selected social communication variables-joint attention, imitation, and play-in a unique sample of 37 minimally verbal (MV) children and adolescents with ASD. Results revealed that imitation and play were significantly correlated with expressive language, even when controlling for non-verbal IQ, but joint attention was not. Imitation was the only predictor variable to reach significance within the regression model. Findings demonstrate that predictors of expressive language vary for subpopulations of the autism spectrum, and have broader implications for intervention design for older, MV individuals with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04089-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=405

Do minimally verbal and verbally fluent individuals with autism spectrum disorder differ in their viewing patterns of dynamic social scenes? / D. PLESA SKWERER in Autism, 23-8 (November 2019)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 23-8 (November 2019) . - p.2131-2144 Titre : Do minimally verbal and verbally fluent individuals with autism spectrum disorder differ in their viewing patterns of dynamic social scenes? Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : D. PLESA SKWERER, Auteur ; Brianna BRUKILACCHIO, Auteur ; A. CHU, Auteur ; B. EGGLESTON, Auteur ; S. MEYER, Auteur ; Helen TAGER-FLUSBERG, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2131-2144 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : dynamic scene  eye tracking  minimally verbal autism spectrum disorder  visual social attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Attending preferentially to social information in the environment is important in developing socio-communicative skills and language. Research using eye tracking to explore how individuals with autism spectrum disorder deploy visual attention has increased exponentially in the past decade; however, studies have typically not included minimally verbal participants. In this study, we compared 37 minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder with 34 age-matched verbally fluent individuals with autism spectrum disorder in how they viewed a brief video in which a young woman, surrounded by interesting objects, engages the viewer, and later reacts with expected or unexpected gaze-shifts toward the objects. While both groups spent comparable amounts of time looking at different parts of the scene and looked longer at the person than at the objects, the minimally verbal autism spectrum disorder group spent significantly less time looking at the person's face during the episodes where gaze following-a precursor of joint attention-was critical for interpreting her behavior. Proportional looking-time toward key areas of interest in some episodes correlated with receptive language measures. These findings underscore the connections between social attention and the development of communicative abilities in autism spectrum disorder. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361319845563 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=407 [article] Do minimally verbal and verbally fluent individuals with autism spectrum disorder differ in their viewing patterns of dynamic social scenes? [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / D. PLESA SKWERER, Auteur ; Brianna BRUKILACCHIO, Auteur ; A. CHU, Auteur ; B. EGGLESTON, Auteur ; S. MEYER, Auteur ; Helen TAGER-FLUSBERG, Auteur . - p.2131-2144. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 23-8 (November 2019) . - p.2131-2144 Mots-clés : dynamic scene  eye tracking  minimally verbal autism spectrum disorder  visual social attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Attending preferentially to social information in the environment is important in developing socio-communicative skills and language. Research using eye tracking to explore how individuals with autism spectrum disorder deploy visual attention has increased exponentially in the past decade; however, studies have typically not included minimally verbal participants. In this study, we compared 37 minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder with 34 age-matched verbally fluent individuals with autism spectrum disorder in how they viewed a brief video in which a young woman, surrounded by interesting objects, engages the viewer, and later reacts with expected or unexpected gaze-shifts toward the objects. While both groups spent comparable amounts of time looking at different parts of the scene and looked longer at the person than at the objects, the minimally verbal autism spectrum disorder group spent significantly less time looking at the person's face during the episodes where gaze following-a precursor of joint attention-was critical for interpreting her behavior. Proportional looking-time toward key areas of interest in some episodes correlated with receptive language measures. These findings underscore the connections between social attention and the development of communicative abilities in autism spectrum disorder. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361319845563 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=407

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