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Individual Differences in Multisensory Attention Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Predict Language and Symptom Severity: Evidence from the Multisensory Attention Assessment Protocol (MAAP)
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Todd, James Torrence; Bahrick, Lorraine E. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show atypical attention, particularly for social events. The new Multisensory Attention Assessment Protocol (MAAP) assesses fine-grained individual differences in attention disengagement, maintenance, and audiovisual matching for social and nonsocial events. We investigated the role of competing…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Multisensory Learning, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Topic Maintenance in Social Conversation: What Children Need to Learn and Evidence This Can Be Taught
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Abbot-Smith, Kirsten; Dockrell, Julie; Sturrock, Alexandra; Matthews, Danielle; Wilson, Charlotte – First Language, 2023
Individual differences in children's social communication have been shown to mediate the relationship between poor vocabulary or grammar and behavioural difficulties. Moreover, there is increasing evidence that social communication skills predict difficulties with peers over and above vocabulary and grammar scores. The essential social…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Interpersonal Communication, Evidence Based Practice, Cognitive Ability