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Jesus M. Pichardo; Megan Foley-Nicpon; Danae Fields; Jung Eui Hong; Court – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Currently, there are no existing measures to screen for or diagnose Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SPCD). We conducted an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the Social Communication Disorder Screener (SCDS), a 14-item, parent-report measure based on the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for SPCD. This EFA examined the internal consistency…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Screening Tests, Factor Analysis, Parents
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Bolte, Sven; Westerwald, Eva; Holtmann, Martin; Freitag, Christine; Poustka, Fritz – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
Research indicates that autism is the extreme end of a continuously distributed trait. The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Social and Communication Disorders Checklist (SCDC) aim to assess autistic traits. The objective of this study was to compare their clinical validity. The SRS showed sensitivities of 0.74 to 0.80 and specificities of…
Descriptors: Autism, Validity, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
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Eriksson, Ann-Sofie; de Chateau, P. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1992
This case study of a toddler with autism whose parents had videotaped her development from birth showed that the child's behavior and development were essentially normal for the first year but that she then became withdrawn in only a few months. It is suggested that early communicative screening tests might have identified the child's earliest…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies