Interest Level in 2-Year-Olds with Autism Spectrum Disorder Predicts Rate of Verbal, Nonverbal, and Adaptive Skill Acquisition

Autor/inn/en	Klintwall, Lars; Macari, Suzanne; Eikeseth, Svein; Chawarska, Katarzyna
Titel	Interest Level in 2-Year-Olds with Autism Spectrum Disorder Predicts Rate of Verbal, Nonverbal, and Adaptive Skill Acquisition
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 19 (2015) 8, S.925-933 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361314555376
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Early Intervention; Student Interests; Student Motivation; Predictor Variables; Toddlers; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Child Development; Skill Development; Young Children; Cognitive Ability; Motor Development; Adjustment (to Environment); Behavior Rating Scales; Play; Verbal Ability; Language Skills; Nonverbal Ability; Outcomes of Treatment; Regression (Statistics); Video Technology; Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales; Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Studieninteresse; Schulische Motivation; Prädiktor; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Beobachtung; Kindesentwicklung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Denkfähigkeit; Motorische Entwicklung; Spiel; Mündliche Leistung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Recent studies have suggested that skill acquisition rates for children with autism spectrum disorders receiving early interventions can be predicted by child motivation. We examined whether level of interest during an Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule assessment at 2?years predicts subsequent rates of verbal, nonverbal, and adaptive skill acquisition to the age of 3?years. A total of 70 toddlers with autism spectrum disorder, mean age of 21.9?months, were scored using Interest Level Scoring for Autism, quantifying toddlers' interest in toys, social routines, and activities that could serve as reinforcers in an intervention. Adaptive level and mental age were measured concurrently (Time 1) and again after a mean of 16.3?months of treatment (Time 2). Interest Level Scoring for Autism score, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule score, adaptive age equivalent, verbal and nonverbal mental age, and intensity of intervention were entered into regression models to predict rates of skill acquisition. Interest level at Time 1 predicted subsequent acquisition rate of adaptive skills (R[superscript 2]?=?0.36) and verbal mental age (R[superscript 2]?=?0.30), above and beyond the effects of Time 1 verbal and nonverbal mental ages and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule scores. Interest level at Time 1 also contributed (R[superscript 2]?=?0.30), with treatment intensity, to variance in development of nonverbal mental age. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01