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ERIC Number: EJ1232605
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Examining Trajectories of Daily Living Skills over the Preschool Years for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Di Rezze, B.; Duku, E.; Szatmari, P.; Volden, J.; Georgiades, S.; Zwaigenbaum, L.; Smith, I. M.; Vaillancourt, T.; Bennett, T. A.; Elsabbagh, M.; Thompson, A.; Ungar, W. J.; Waddell, C.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v49 n11 p4390-4399 Nov 2019
Preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience slower development of daily living skills (DLS) that are essential for independent functioning compared to typically developing children. Few studies have examined the trajectories of DLS in preschoolers with ASD and the existing literature has reported conflicting results. This study examined DLS trajectories and potential covariates for preschoolers with ASD from a multi-site longitudinal study following children from diagnosis to the end of grade 1. Multi-level modeling was conducted with DLS domain scores from the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-2. The results demonstrated a positive trajectory of increasing scores over time, associations of age of diagnosis, developmental level, stereotypy, and language skills with the mean score at T4 or age 6 years, whereas rate of change was only associated with ASD symptom severity, such that an improvement in DLS trajectory was associated with lower and improving ASD symptom severity.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 1; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales
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