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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021

Brief Report: Associations Between Autism Characteristics, Written and Spoken Communication Skills, and Social Interaction Skills in Preschool-Age Children on the Autism Spectrum.

Marleen F Westerveld, Jessica Paynter, Dawn Adams

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors.

Marleen F WesterveldGriffith Institute for Educational Research, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia. m.westerveld@griffith.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5194-2335
Jessica PaynterGriffith Institute for Educational Research, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia.
Dawn AdamsGriffith Institute for Educational Research, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia.

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Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism 2.007RC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We used parent-report data from a prospective longitudinal study to better understand the early strengths in written skills often observed in preschoolers on the spectrum. Consistent with previous research, children demonstrated relative strengths in standardized written communication compared to spoken communication scores on the VABS-II. We found no significant links between children's performance on the written communication subdomain and their autism characteristics or the Social Interaction Deviance Composite score on the CCC-2. Our results emphasize the need for further research into the early strengths in written skills of preschoolers on the spectrum. From a clinical viewpoint, we highlight the need for a comprehensive emergent literacy assessment in this group of children who are at high risk of persistent literacy difficulties.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderChildChild, PreschoolCommunicationHumansLongitudinal StudiesProspective StudiesSocial InteractionSocial SkillsAutism spectrum disorderCCC-2Emergent literacySCQVABS-II

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