Measuring Change in Social Interaction Skills of Young Children with Autism

Cunningham, Allison B.

doi:10.1007/s10803-011-1280-3

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“…However, there are few evidence-based interventions for adults with HFA (Moxon and Gates 2001) that apply either social skills or cognition approach. Further, measuring change over the course of social interventions remains elusive in terms of identifying informative variables to measure (Cunningham 2011). …”

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Virtual Reality Social Cognition Training for Young Adults with High-Functioning Autism

Kandalaft

Didehbani

Krawczyk

et al. 2012

J Autism Dev Disord

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Few evidence-based social interventions exist for young adults with high-functioning autism, many of whom encounter significant challenges during the transition into adulthood. The current study investigated the feasibility of an engaging Virtual Reality Social Cognition Training intervention focused on enhancing social skills, social cognition, and social functioning. Eight young adults diagnosed with high-functioning autism completed 10 sessions across 5 weeks. Significant increases on social cognitive measures of theory of mind and emotion recognition, as well as in real life social and occupational functioning were found post-training. These findings suggest that the virtual reality platform is a promising tool for improving social skills, cognition, and functioning in autism.

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confidence: 99%

Virtual Reality Social Cognition Training for Young Adults with High-Functioning Autism

Kandalaft

Didehbani

Krawczyk

et al. 2012

J Autism Dev Disord

537

276

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“…These scores place a child’s current functioning in the context of the behavior of other children with ASD of similar ages and language levels. Studies have begun to use the ADOS severity metric as a treatment outcome measure (e.g., Dawson et al 2010), though further research is needed to assess the sensitivity of this measure to detect such changes (Cunningham 2011). Before similar strategies can be applied to the ADI-R, a more thorough understanding of the factors that affect ADI-Diagnostic and ADI-Current scores is needed.…”

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Effects of Child Characteristics on the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: Implications for Use of Scores as a Measure of ASD Severity

Hus

Lord

2012

J Autism Dev Disord

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The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) is commonly used to inform diagnoses of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Considering the time dedicated to using the ADI-R, it is of interest to expand the ways in which information obtained from this interview is used. The current study examines how algorithm totals reflecting past (ADI-Diagnostic) and current (ADI-Current) behaviors are influenced by child characteristics, such as demographics, behavioral problems and developmental level. Children with less language at the time of the interview had higher ADI-Diagnostic and ADI-Current. ADI-Diagnostic totals were also associated with age; parents of older children reported more severe past behaviors. Recommendations are provided regarding the use of the ADI-R as a measure of ASD severity, taking language and age into account.

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“…Previous researchers have proposed that the VABS may not reflect the full variability in the performance of children with autism because basal and ceiling cutoffs may make inaccurate assumptions about their performance. The method of scoring on the Vineland may also limit the detectability of small changes in behavior (Cunningham 2012). Cornish and colleagues (2007) propose that the delays in communication and socialization of children with FXS and children with autism are fundamentally different: children with FXS may exhibit autistic-like behaviors due to hyperarousal and social anxiety while children with autism may exhibit the same behaviors due to a lack of understanding of the social situation.…”

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The development of adaptive behaviour in toddlers and preschoolers with fragile X versus autism

McCary

Machlin

Roberts

2013

International Journal of Developmental Disabilities

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Although there is extensive research in the early detection of autism, no study has compared the adaptive behavior of young children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and children with autism across ages. We investigated the cross-sectional development of adaptive behavior in children with FXS and children with autism between 18 and 83 months of age. Analyses revealed a significant relationship between age and adaptive behavior standard scores for children with FXS, with decreased performance across ages. Analyses also revealed that children with FXS had a relatively flat performance across domains while children with autism are typically more variable with lower scores in the communication domain relative to other domains. Delays in adaptive behavior were evident for children with FXS and children with autism at 24 months of age as reported in previous literature. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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Measuring Change in Social Interaction Skills of Young Children with Autism

Cited by 54 publications

References 95 publications

Virtual Reality Social Cognition Training for Young Adults with High-Functioning Autism

Virtual Reality Social Cognition Training for Young Adults with High-Functioning Autism

Effects of Child Characteristics on the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: Implications for Use of Scores as a Measure of ASD Severity

The development of adaptive behaviour in toddlers and preschoolers with fragile X versus autism

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