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A Taxonomy of Reported Harms in Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening: Provider and Parent Perspectives
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Petruccelli, Marisa; Ramella, Leah; Schaefer, Ana J.; Sheldrick, R. Christopher; Carter, Alice S.; Eisenhower, Abbey; Broder-Fingert, Sarabeth; Mackie, Thomas I. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) report on screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) highlighted the need for research that examines the harms potentially associated with screening so as to assess the overall net benefit of universal screening. In response, this study engages qualitative, semi-structured interviews to generate a…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Risk, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Characterizing Available Tools for Synchronous Virtual Assessment of Toddlers with Suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Brief Report
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Berger, Natalie I.; Wainer, Allison L.; Kuhn, Jocelyn; Bearss, Karen; Attar, Shana; Carter, Alice S.; Ibanez, Lisa V.; Ingersoll, Brooke R.; Neiderman, Hannah; Scott, Sabine; Stone, Wendy L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic, and associated social distancing mandates, has placed significant limitations on in-person health services, requiring creative solutions for supporting clinicians engaged in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This report describes the five virtual instruments available at the time of manuscript development for…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Diagnostic Tests
Early Interventionists' Appraisals of Intervention Strategies for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Peers in Inclusive Childcare Classrooms
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Maye, Melissa; Sanchez, Victoria E.; Stone-MacDonald, Angela; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Mounting evidence supports several naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBI) for toddlers and preschoolers within inclusive childcare centers and preschools. However, these interventions pose many barriers to community implementation. As part of a larger project to create an adapted NDBI for early educators in childcare centers,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Behavioral Sciences, Toddlers, Autism
Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder Can Use Language to Update Their Expectations about the World
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Fitch, Allison; Valadez, Annalisa; Ganea, Patricia A.; Carter, Alice S.; Kaldy, Zsuzsa – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
This study examined if two-year-olds with ASD can update mental representations on the basis of verbal input. In an eye-tracking study, toddlers with ASD and typically-developing nonverbal age-matched controls were exposed to visual or verbal information about a change in a recently encoded scene, followed by an outcome that was either congruent…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Verbal Ability
Multi-Stage Screening in Early Intervention: A Critical Strategy for Improving ASD Identification and Addressing Disparities
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Eisenhower, Abbey; Martinez Pedraza, Frances; Sheldrick, R. Christopher; Frenette, Elizabeth; Hoch, Noah; Brunt, Sophie; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Health disparities in ASD detection affect children's access to subsequent interventions. We examined potential disparities in implementation of a multi-stage ASD screening and diagnostic evaluation protocol in Part C Early Intervention with 4943 children ages 14-36 months (mean 22.0 months; 62.9% boys, 73.3% children of color, 34.9%…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, At Risk Persons, Racial Differences
Developing Autism Screening Criteria for the Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)
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Giserman Kiss, Ivy; Feldman, Melanie S.; Sheldrick, R. Christopher; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
There is a critical need for evidence-based, broadband behavioral, and ASD screening measures for use in pediatric and early educational settings to ensure that young children at risk for developing social-emotional disorders and/or ASD are provided with early intervention services to optimize long-term outcomes. The BITSEA is a 42-item screener…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Screening Tests, Infants
Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder Are More Successful at Visual Search than Typically Developing Toddlers
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Kaldy, Zsuzsa; Kraper, Catherine; Carter, Alice S.; Blaser, Erik – Developmental Science, 2011
Plaisted, O'Riordan and colleagues (Plaisted, O'Riordan & Baron-Cohen, 1998; O'Riordan, 2004) showed that school-age children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are faster at finding targets in certain types of visual search tasks than typical controls. Currently though, there is very little known about the visual search skills of very…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Toddlers, Visual Perception
Predictors and Course of Daily Living Skills Development in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Green, Shulamite A.; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Self-sufficiency is central to child and family well-being. This report focuses on predictors of adaptive daily living skills (DLS) development in young children with ASD and whether DLS gains predict decreases in parenting stress. Participants were 162 toddlers with ASD and their parents, assessed at 3 annual timepoints. Hierarchical Linear…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Daily Living Skills, Toddlers
Anxiety and Sensory Over-Responsivity in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Bidirectional Effects across Time
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Green, Shulamite A.; Ben-Sasson, Ayelet; Soto, Timothy W.; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
This report focuses on the emergence of and bidirectional effects between anxiety and sensory over-responsivity (SOR) in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Participants were 149 toddlers with ASD and their mothers, assessed at 2 annual time points. A cross-lag analysis showed that anxiety symptoms increased over time while SOR remained…
Descriptors: Autism, Toddlers, Anxiety, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Designing Studies to Evaluate Parent-Mediated Interventions for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Siller, Michael; Morgan, Lindee; Turner-Brown, Lauren; Baggett, Kathleen M.; Baranek, Grace T.; Brian, Jessica; Bryson, Susan E.; Carter, Alice S.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Estes, Annette; Kasari, Connie; Landa, Rebecca J.; Lord, Catherine; Messinger, Daniel S.; Mundy, Peter; Odom, Samuel L.; Reznick, J. Steven; Roberts, Wendy; Rogers, Sally J.; Schertz, Hannah H.; Smith, Isabel M.; Stone, Wendy L.; Watson, Linda R.; Wetherby, Amy M.; Yoder, Paul J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2013
Given recent advances in science, policy, and practice of early identification in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), questions about the effectiveness of early intervention have far-reaching service and policy implications. However, rigorous research evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of intervention programs for toddlers with ASD faces a…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
A Comparative Analysis of Well-Being and Coping among Mothers of Toddlers and Mothers of Adolescents with ASD
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Smith, Leann E.; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Greenberg, Jan S.; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The present study examined the impact of autism symptoms and coping strategies on the well-being of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The sample consisted of 153 mothers of toddlers and 201 mothers of adolescents drawn from two ongoing, longitudinal studies of families of individuals with ASD. For mothers of toddlers, lower…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Toddlers, Adolescents