Response to Joint Attention in Toddlers at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Prospective Study
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Response to joint attention (RJA) is impaired in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is pivotal to social and communication development. Response to joint attention was examined at 14 and 24 months in 51 children at high risk for autism (siblings of children with autism). Outcome groups at age 3 years included ASD (n = 16), broader autism phenotype (n = 8), and non-broader autism phenotype (n = 27). The ASD group made minimal improvement in RJA between 14 and 24 months, but stability of RJA across tasks increased for all three groups. Significantly, lower RJA was observed for the ASD group at 24 months. Response to joint attention performance at 14 months predicted ASD outcome. Response to joint attention is an important screening and early intervention target.
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For most high-risk (HR) infants, the hallmark features of ASD, social-communication deficits, and repetitive behavior are not evident until 12 months of age or later.
“It appears that for most high-risk (HR) infants, the hallmark features of ASD, social-communication deficits, and repetitive behavior are not evident until 12 months of age or later [3, 10, 12, 14, 36, 47, 49].”
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- Authors
- Sullivan, M., Finelli, J., Marvin, A., Garrett-Mayer, E., Bauman, M., & Landa, R.
- Affiliations
- University of New Hampshire (US)
- Kennedy Krieger Institute (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Landa, Rebecca
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2007-01-10
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 37-48
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- OpenAlex
- W2126448595
- Cited by
- 280
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 29
- FWCI
- 8.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (154MH066417, T32MH020033, MH59630, R01MH059630, 5T32MH20033)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, toddlers, siblings of autistic children, broader autism phenotype, social communication development, early intervention, autism screening
- MeSH terms
- Attention, Autistic Disorder, Child, Preschool, Communication, Cooperative Behavior, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Phenotype, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Social Behavior
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