Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)
Naples A, Tenenbaum E, Jones R, Righi G, Sheinkopf S, Eigsti I. Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS). Autism 2022, 27: 1391-1406. PMID: 36373838, PMCID: PMC10183057, DOI: 10.1177/13623613221136657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVerbal autistic childrenAutistic childrenCommunication skillsMeasures of languageParent-report measuresChildren's communication skillsSymptoms of autismLack of wordsVerbal childrenAutism symptomatologyCognitive abilitiesLanguage abilityCommunicative abilitiesVerbal languageCommunicative competenceHelpful interventionsAlternative formsLanguageAutismChildrenClinical implicationsWordsSkillsCommunicationAbilityAttention Allocation During Exploration of Visual Arrays in ASD: Results from the ABC-CT Feasibility Study
Tsang T, Naples AJ, Barney EC, Xie M, Bernier R, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Jeste SS, McPartland JC, Nelson CA, Murias M, Seow H, Sugar C, Webb SJ, Shic F, Johnson SP. Attention Allocation During Exploration of Visual Arrays in ASD: Results from the ABC-CT Feasibility Study. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2022, 53: 3220-3229. PMID: 35657448, PMCID: PMC10980886, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-022-05569-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExploration paradigmNonsocial stimuliAttention allocationASD groupSocial stimuliTD childrenVisual arrayCognitive skillsObject arraysTypical developmentASDVisual explorationObjective measuresStimuliParadigmChildrenFaceSalienceSkillsRecent workLess timeAttentionMeasuresQuantifying featuresObjects