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Bottema-Beutel, Kristen; Crowley, Shannon; Kim, So Yoon – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This study is a qualitative investigation of caregiver-child interactions, involving 15 autistic children who are in the early stages of language learning. Data consisted of 15-min videos of free-play interactions recorded in a University clinic. We use conversation analysis to examine the sequence organization of proposal episodes, where the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Play, Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship
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Clark-Whitney, Elysha; Brito Klein, Claire; Hadley, Pamela A.; Lord, Catherine; Kim, So Hyun – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Sentence diversity is a measure of early language development that has yet to be applied to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The primary aim of this study was to identify whether children with ASD show change in sentence diversity over 6 months of treatment with Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI).…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Language, Language Acquisition
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Lindly, Olivia J.; Shui, Amy M.; Stotts, Noa M.; Kuhlthau, Karen A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Elevated caregiver strain is common and linked to poor health in parents of children with autism. Yet, little research has examined caregiver strain longitudinally and in geographically diverse samples of parents whose children have autism. This study aimed to (1) examine change in caregiver strain and (2) determine correlates of improved…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Stress Variables, Parent Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, 2023
Each year, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) releases a list of scientific advances that represent significant progress in the field of autism research. The "Summary of Advances" provides short, plain language summaries of the top research breakthroughs selected by the IACC from a pool of research articles nominated by…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research, Screening Tests, Clinical Diagnosis
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Patterson, Stephanie Y.; Elder, Lauren; Gulsrud, Amanda; Kasari, Connie – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Purpose: This study examines the relationship between parental interaction style (responsive vs directive) and child-initiated joint engagement within caregiver-child interactions with toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Method: Videotaped interactions of 85 toddler-caregiver dyads were coded for child engagement and both parental…
Descriptors: Interaction, Parent Child Relationship, Toddlers, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Frazier, Thomas W.; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Embacher, Rebecca; Hardan, Antonio Y.; Constantino, John N.; Law, Paul; Findling, Robert L.; Eng, Charis – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Demographic and clinical factors may influence assessment of autism symptoms. This study evaluated these correlates and also examined whether social communication and interaction and restricted/repetitive behavior provided unique prediction of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis. We analyzed data from 7352 siblings included in the Interactive…
Descriptors: Demography, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)