Reciprocal Influences Between Parent Input and Child Language Skills in Dyads Involving High‐ and Low‐Risk Infants for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Choi, Boin; Nelson, Charles A.; Rowe, Meredith L.; Tager–Flusberg, Helen

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“…Subtle group differences in caregiver speech may also emerge as high-risk infants display difficulties with the development of social-communicative skills. Choi et al (Choi, Nelson, Rowe, & Tager-Flusberg, 2020) found that parents of high-risk infants and low-risk parents used similarly complex sentences when speaking to their 12-month-old infants, but high-risk parents used sentences with simpler complexity when speaking to their 18-month-old infants. It may be the case that parents of high-risk infants adjust their language to match their infant's communication skills (Choi et al, 2020).…”

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The role of caregiver speech in supporting language development in infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorder

Swanson

2020

Dev Psychopathol

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Parents play an essential role in supporting child development by providing a safe home, proper nutrition, and rich educational opportunities. In this article we focus on the role of caregiver speech in supporting development of young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We review studies from typically developing children and children with autism showing that rich and responsive caregiver speech supports language development. Autism intervention studies that target caregiver speech are reviewed as are recent scientific advances from studies of typical development. The strengths and weakness of different techniques for collecting language data from caregivers and children are reviewed, and natural language samples are recommended as best practice for language research in autism. We conclude that caregivers play a powerful role in shaping their children's development and encourage researchers to adapt parent-mediated intervention studies to acknowledge individual differences in parents by using a personalized medicine approach.

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The role of caregiver speech in supporting language development in infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorder

Swanson

2020

Dev Psychopathol

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“…However, this study combined infants later diagnosed with autism and infants who did not go on to receive a diagnosis. Some studies have shown longitudinal associations between linguistic mapping and autistic children's later language [Choi, Nelson, Rowe, & Tager‐Flusgerg, 2020; Dimitrova, Özçalışkan, & Adamson, 2016; Haebig et al, 2013b], but these associations have not held up when potential confounding variables were taken into account [Haebig et al, 2013b], or when measured over a period shorter than 1 year [McDuffie & Yoder, 2010] or longer than 1 year [Haebig et al, 2013a]. However, Choi et al [2020] found associations in the reverse direction.…”

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“…Some studies have shown longitudinal associations between linguistic mapping and autistic children's later language [Choi, Nelson, Rowe, & Tager‐Flusgerg, 2020; Dimitrova, Özçalışkan, & Adamson, 2016; Haebig et al, 2013b], but these associations have not held up when potential confounding variables were taken into account [Haebig et al, 2013b], or when measured over a period shorter than 1 year [McDuffie & Yoder, 2010] or longer than 1 year [Haebig et al, 2013a]. However, Choi et al [2020] found associations in the reverse direction. They coded instances where caregivers responded to semantic aspects of children's communication (e.g., after the child points to a toy, the caregiver says “you see the toy!”; a construct similar to linguistic mapping), and found that autistic children's language abilities predicted caregivers' later contingent responses in a model controlling for several parent and child factors.…”

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“…Fifteen studies have examined structural aspects of caregivers' talk (in addition to the three studies on expansions described above) including complexity, such as MLU and words per utterance, and syntactic features such as wh‐question constructions, and the frequency of different syntactic categories. Caregivers' MLU was shown to be positively associated with autistic children's later MLUs [Choi et al, 2020; Fusaroli et al, 2019] and expressive vocabulary [Bang & Nadig, 2015; Fusaroli et al, 2019]. Further, children's earlier language abilities were correlated with caregivers' later MLUs, suggesting that these relationships are bidirectional [Fusaroli et al, 2019; Choi et al, 2019].…”

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“…In terms of group‐differences, caregivers of autistic children appear to provide talk with fewer noun and verb types than caregivers of nonautistic children, even though noun and verb tokens were similar across groups [Tabul‐Lavey, Jokel, Leon‐Attia, & Gabis, 2020]. Caregivers of children later diagnosed with autism produced shorter MLUs than caregivers of nonautistic children [Choi et al, 2020], and caregivers of autistic children with lower verbal abilities produced shorter MLUs than caregivers of children with higher verbal abilities [Konstantareas, Mandel, et al, 1988; Konstantareas, Zajdeman, et al, 1988]. Along these lines, one study found that caregivers of older autistic children who were already speaking produced longer utterances in a storytelling context than caregivers of nonautistic children [Hutchins et al, 2017].…”

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A Systematic Literature Review of Autism Research on Caregiver Talk

Bottema‐Beutel

Kim

2020

Autism Research

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Describing how caregivers' talk to their autistic children, and how their talk may influence social and language outcomes, has important implications for developmental theory and intervention research. In this systematic literature review, we examine 294 caregiver talk variables extracted from 65 studies, provide a narrative overview of research findings, and link measurement approaches to various theories of language development. The majority of variables included only talk directed to children (90%), and specified the speech act being performed (57%). More than one‐third of variables measured talk that was responsive to children's attention, activities, or communication (38%), and slightly less than a third measured variables that elicited children's communication or engagement. Semantic aspects of talk were specified in 41% of variables, structural features were measured in 20% of variables, and suprasegmental features were measured in only 1% of variables. Talk quantity (without reference to other aspects of talk) was measured in 8% of variables. We found strong support that talk related to children's attention is implicated in autistic children's language development, but this construct has been measured inconsistently in terms of semantic, structural, and functional features. There is also evidence for bi‐directional relationships between caregiver's talk and autistic children's development on a variety of semantic and structural variables. Lay Summary In our review, we found many differences in how researchers measured caregiver's talk, but also some promising leads. Researchers should continue examining caregiver talk related to children's focus of attention to clarify how this type of language contributes to autistic children's development. We also found interesting research on how children influence caregiver's talk, and encourage researchers to continue to study how this occurs.

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Atypical gaze patterns to facial feature areas in autism spectrum disorders reveal age and culture effects: A meta‐analysis of eye‐tracking studies

Zhao

2021

Autism Research

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Children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often present with atypical gaze patterns to others' faces, a finding substantiated throughout the literature. Yet, a quantification of atypical gaze patterns to different facial regions (e.g., eyes versus mouth) in ASD remains controversial. Also few study has investigated how age and culture impacted the pattern of gaze abnormalities in ASD. This research therefore conducted a meta-analysis of eye-tracking studies to evaluate age and culture effect on atypical gaze patterns of face processing in ASD. A total of 75 articles (91 studies) and 4209 individuals (ASD: 2027; controls: 2182) across all age ranges (i.e., childhood through to adulthood) from both Eastern and Western cultures were included in this meta-analysis. Individuals with ASD yielded shorter fixation durations to the eyes than individuals without ASD. Group differences in the time spent fixating on the eyes were not modulated by age, but affected by culture. Effect size in the eastern culture was larger than that in the western culture. In contrast, group differences on time spent looking at the mouth were not significant, but changed with age and modulated by culture. Relative to the neurotypical controls, Western individuals with ASD spent more time looking at the mouth from school age, whereas Eastern individuals with ASD did not gaze longer on mouth until adulthood. These results add to the body of evidence supporting atypical gaze behaviors to eyes in ASD and provide new insights into a potential mouth compensation strategy that develops with age in ASD. Lay SummaryIndividuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often show atypical gaze patterns when looking at others' faces compared to neurotypical individuals. This paper examines the role of age and culture on pattern of gaze abnormalities in individuals with ASD. Results show that reduction of gaze on eyes in ASD is stable across all ages and cultures, while increase of gaze on mouth emerges as individuals with ASD get older. The findings provide a developmental insight to the gaze patterns on the autism spectrum across culture.

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Reciprocal Influences Between Parent Input and Child Language Skills in Dyads Involving High‐ and Low‐Risk Infants for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cited by 40 publications

References 63 publications

The role of caregiver speech in supporting language development in infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorder

The role of caregiver speech in supporting language development in infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorder

A Systematic Literature Review of Autism Research on Caregiver Talk

Atypical gaze patterns to facial feature areas in autism spectrum disorders reveal age and culture effects: A meta‐analysis of eye‐tracking studies

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