Influence of a Short-Term Attention Intervention on the Attentional Skills of Toddlers With Suspected or Confirmed Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Lori-Ann R Sacrey, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Isabel M Smith, Jessica A Brian, Sam Wass, Emily J H Jones, Mark H Johnson

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Trial report in Child development. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

Does baseline language ability predict response to early intervention for toddlers with early signs of autism? Evidence from a caregiver-mediated program.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lori-Ann R SacreyAutism Research Centre, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4229-6933

Lonnie ZwaigenbaumAutism Research Centre, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Isabel M SmithIWK Health and Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5525-2123

Jessica A BrianBloorview Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sam WassDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of East London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7421-3493

Emily J H JonesCentre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Department of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.

Mark H JohnsonCentre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Department of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.

Funding

Azrieli FoundationCIHRFondation Brain CanadaGlenrose Rehabilitation Hospital FoundationOscillatory Neural and Autonomic Correlates of Social Attunedness (ONACSA) 853251

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Examination of the effectiveness of an attention intervention using a randomized controlled trial for toddlers with suspected or confirmed autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data was collected from Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, Canada between February 2018 and February 2020 (halted due to COVID-19 pandemic). Participants were 35 toddlers randomized to the attention condition (age at start: 25.49 + 3.91 months; 29 boys; mother's ethnicity: 65% white) and 34 toddlers randomized to a control condition. (age at start: 26.32 + 3.55 months; 24 boys; mother's ethnicity: 29% white). The results suggest that the attentional skills can be improved by a computer-based attention intervention, which in turn affects behavior observed in a real-world setting.

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AttentionAutism Spectrum DisorderChild, PreschoolCOVID-19FemaleHumansInfantMaleattentionautismjoint attentiontoddlersvirtual

Identifiers

PMID40843493

DOI10.1111/cdev.70033

PMCPMC12598445

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