TY - JOUR
T1 - Automated Measures to Understand Communication Opportunities for Young Children With Autism in the Community
T2 - A Pilot Study
AU - Little, Lauren M.
AU - Rojas, Joanne P.
AU - Bard, Anna
AU - Luo, Ying
AU - Irvin, Dwight
AU - Rous, Beth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Community participation is vital to children’s development and provides opportunities to practice social communication skills. Although previous studies suggest that young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience decreased community participation, there is little empirical evidence on the precise patterns of participation that may influence social communication opportunities. Therefore, this pilot study investigated the communication among families of children with ASD (n = 5) versus typical development (TD; n = 5) across various community locations. We used automated, objective measures: the Language ENvironmental Analysis (LENA) system™ to measure the amount of communication and integrated this with a Global Positioning System (GPS; that is, Qstarz™) to measure community location. Results showed that families of children with ASD and TD spent a similar amount of time in community locations; however, there were differences in the amount of adult talk directed toward children with ASD versus TD across community locations. Findings suggest that automated measures may be successfully integrated to quantify social communication during community participation.
AB - Community participation is vital to children’s development and provides opportunities to practice social communication skills. Although previous studies suggest that young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience decreased community participation, there is little empirical evidence on the precise patterns of participation that may influence social communication opportunities. Therefore, this pilot study investigated the communication among families of children with ASD (n = 5) versus typical development (TD; n = 5) across various community locations. We used automated, objective measures: the Language ENvironmental Analysis (LENA) system™ to measure the amount of communication and integrated this with a Global Positioning System (GPS; that is, Qstarz™) to measure community location. Results showed that families of children with ASD and TD spent a similar amount of time in community locations; however, there were differences in the amount of adult talk directed toward children with ASD versus TD across community locations. Findings suggest that automated measures may be successfully integrated to quantify social communication during community participation.
KW - GPS
KW - LENA
KW - participation
KW - young children with autism spectrum disorder
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U2 - 10.1177/1539449219834911
DO - 10.1177/1539449219834911
M3 - Article
C2 - 30845878
AN - SCOPUS:85062710329
SN - 1539-4492
VL - 39
SP - 124
EP - 130
JO - OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health
JF - OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health
IS - 2
ER -