Social Communication and Parent Verbal Responsiveness Across Interaction Contexts in Toddlers on the Autism Spectrum.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Interactions with caregivers during the ordinary activities that occur as families go about their everyday lives are critical to supporting children's acquisition of social communication and language skills. The purpose of this study was to examine child communication and parent verbal responsiveness across interaction contexts in 211 children (M_age = 20 months) on the autism spectrum (n = 121), with developmental delay (n = 46), or with typical development (n = 44).

Method

Families participated in up to eight activities during an hour-long, video-recorded home observation. We tested differences in the strength of associations between diagnostic group and interaction context using linear mixed-effects models, with child r

SUBMITTER: Delehanty A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11081527 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature