Communicative Gesture Use in Infants with and without Autism: A Retrospective Home Video Study

Autor/inn/en	Watson, Linda R.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Baranek, Grace T.; Dykstra, Jessica R.; Wilson, Kaitlyn P.
Titel	Communicative Gesture Use in Infants with and without Autism: A Retrospective Home Video Study
Quelle	In: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22 (2013) 1, S.25-39 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1058-0360
DOI	10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0145)
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Infants; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Child Development; Comparative Analysis; Developmental Disabilities; Young Children; Video Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Autismus; Kindesentwicklung; Entwicklungsstörung; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Purpose: The authors aimed to compare gesture use in infants with autism with gesture use in infants with other developmental disabilities (DD) or typical development (TD). Method: Children with autism (n = 43), DD (n = 30), and TD (n = 36) were recruited at ages 2 to 7 years. Parents provided home videotapes of children in infancy. Staff compiled video samples for 2 age intervals (9-12 and 15-18 months) and coded samples for frequency of social interaction (SI), behavior regulation (BR), and joint attention (JA) gestures. Results: At 9-12 months, infants with autism were less likely to use JA gestures than infants with DD or TD, and less likely to use BR gestures than infants with TD. At 15-18 months, infants with autism were less likely than infants with DD to use SI or JA gestures, and less likely than infants with TD to use BR, SI, or JA gestures. Among infants able to use gestures, infants with autism used fewer BR gestures than those with TD at 9-12 months, and fewer JA gestures than infants with DD or TD at 15-18 months. Conclusion: Differences in gesture use in infancy have implications for early autism screening, assessment, and intervention. (Contains 8 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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