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Deanna Swain; Ji Eun Han; Hallie Brown; Catherine Lord; Sally Rogers; Annette Estes; Connie Kasari; Andrew Pickles; So Hyun Kim – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions target developmentally appropriate skills in young children with autism spectrum disorders using behavioral techniques in naturalistic interactions. Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions demonstrate strong empirical support and frequently utilize caregiver training of intervention…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Behavior Change, Intervention, Behavior Modification
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Xiaomei Zhou; Hasan Siddiqui; M. D. Rutherford – Child Development, 2025
Autism spectrum condition (ASC) is characterized by atypical attention to eyes and faces, but the onset and impact of these atypicalities remain unclear. This prospective longitudinal study examined face perception in infants who develop ASC (N = 22, female = 5, 100% White) compared with typically developing infants (N = 131, female = 65, 55.6%…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Social Cognition, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Caroline Kelsey; Adelia Kamenetskiy; Kaitlin Mulligan; Carly Tiras; Michaela Kent; Laurie Bayet; John Richards; Michelle Bosquet Enlow; Charles A. Nelson – Developmental Science, 2025
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies with adults provide evidence that functional brain networks, including the default mode network and frontoparietal network, underlie executive functioning (EF). However, given the challenges of using fMRI with infants and young children, little work has assessed the developmental trajectories of…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Young Children
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Cindy Gevarter; Adriana Medina Najar; Jennifer Flake; Felicia Tapia-Alvidrez; Alixandria Lucero – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2022
In this study, researchers implemented a brief training plus coaching program in naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention with three participant triads. Each triad consisted of an early intervention provider, an English-speaking Latinx parent, and that parent's young child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or early signs of ASD who had…
Descriptors: Latin Americans, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nonverbal Communication
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Sterrett, Kyle; Freeman, Stephanny; Hayashida, Kristen; Kim, Joanne J.; Paparella, Tanya – Young Exceptional Children, 2023
Preverbal communication means any social behavior that occurs before children communicate verbally. Generally, these communicative behaviors are categorized into two ways: as behavior regulation (BR) or joint attention (JA) skills. BR, also referred to as requesting, involves the use of behaviors to gain something or receive assistance (Mundy et…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Intervention, Behavior Development, Natural Language Processing
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Narea, Marigen; Cumsille, Patricio; Allel, Kasim – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
There are contrasting results of the association between center-based care attendance and child development, mainly related to how the time of entry and permanence in the program relates to developmental outcomes. Using latent class analysis in a nationally representative sample of Chilean children between 6 and 35 months old (n = 3,992), and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Child Care, Child Care Centers