Parent-reported temperament trajectories among infant siblings of children with autism.

The Development of Referential Communication and Autism Symptomatology in High-Risk Infants.

Non-verbal referential communication is impaired in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). However, the development of difficulties with referential communication in the younger siblings of children with ASD (High-Risk Siblings)-and the degree to which early referential communication predicts later autism symptomatology-is not clear. We modeled the early developmental trajectories of th...

Parent-delivered early intervention in infants at risk for ASD: Effects on electrophysiological and habituation measures of social attention.

Prospective longitudinal studies of infants with older siblings with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have indicated that differences in the neurocognitive systems underlying social attention may emerge prior to the child meeting ASD diagnostic criteria. Thus, targeting social attention with early intervention might have the potential to alter developmental trajectories for infants at high risk f...

Early language and communication development of infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

It is well recognized that delayed "first words" is among the most common presenting symptoms of autistic spectrum disorders (ASD). However, data on earlier language and communication development in children with ASD are limited to retrospective reports from parents and from home videos. In this study, we prospectively collected parent report data on early communication and language development...

Parent-infant interaction in infant siblings at risk of autism.

Recent models of the early emergence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) propose an interaction between risk susceptibility and the infant's social environment, resulting in a progressively atypical developmental trajectory. The infant's early social environmental experience consists mostly of interaction with caregivers, yet there has been little systematic study of early parent-infant interacti...

Parent-infant interaction in infant siblings at risk of autism: A controlled observational study. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33, 924-932. Parent-infant interaction in infant siblings at risk of autism