Exploring Communicative Competence in Autistic Children Who Are Minimally Verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)

Autor/inn/en	Naples, Adam; Tenenbaum, Elena J.; Jones, Richard N.; Righi, Giulia; Sheinkopf, Stephen J.; Eigsti, Inge-Marie
Titel	Exploring Communicative Competence in Autistic Children Who Are Minimally Verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 27 (2023) 5, S.1391-1406 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sheinkopf, Stephen J.) ORCID (Eigsti, Inge-Marie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613221136657
Schlagwörter	Autism Spectrum Disorders; Young Children; Communication Skills; Verbal Communication; Surveys; Test Construction; Test Validity; Language Impairments; Connecticut; Rhode Island; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Preschool Language Scale; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales; Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Test of Early Language Development; MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories; Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autism; Autismus; Frühe Kindheit; Kommunikationsstil; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung
Abstract	Approximately 30% of autistic children are considered minimally verbal. The field lacks an efficient and reliable measure of communicative capacity among minimally verbal autistic children. Improved methods are needed to determine which children are at greatest risk for minimally verbal outcomes to better target interventions. Here, we present the Low Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS), a brief parent-report measure designed to assess communicative capacity among minimally verbal autistic children. The 36-item easy-to-complete LVIS was developed to capture the atypical language trajectories associated specifically with autism. We report pilot results from a sample of 147 children (1-8 years) whose caregivers completed the LVIS as part of other studies. Principal components analysis was used to assess dimensionality of the LVIS; composite scores were compared with existing measures of communicative capacity, all of which take "significantly more time and training" to administer and score. Scores on the LVIS were strongly correlated with existing gold-standard measures of communication. Presence of atypical vocalizations was determined to be particularly relevant for symptoms of autism as well as language and cognitive abilities. These findings provide initial validation of a tool designed to capture multiple dimensions of communicative capacity in children with minimal or low verbal skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01