ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2026
Does baseline language ability predict response to early intervention for toddlers with early signs of autism? Evidence from a caregiver-mediated program.
Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03215394 (Evaluation of Social ABCs With Attention Training Intervention for Toddlers With Autism), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Evaluation of Social ABCs With Attention Training Intervention for Toddlers With Autism
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Background: Caregiver-mediated interventions (CMIs) for young autistic children are supported by mounting evidence of efficacy. Attempts to identify child-level factors that predict treatment response have yielded inconsistent findings, with very few such studies focused on the toddler age range. Objective: Secondary analysis of data from a randomized control trial (NCT03215394) was conducted to explore predictive relationships between toddlers' communication-related abilities and response to treatment in a CMI program. Participants. Sixty-seven toddler-caregiver dyads (62 mothers, 4 fathers, 1 grandmother) participated across three Canadian sites. Participating toddlers (52 boys, 15 girls) had a diagnosis of autism or early signs thereof and ranged in age from 18 to 32 months ( Methods: All dyads participated in a 12-week CMI (the Social ABCs). Communication-related skills were assessed at baseline using a direct standardized assessment of expressive language, a caregiver interview to capture receptive and expressive communication, and a parent-report inventory to document words used and understood. Analyses. A series of regressions with simple mediation analyses were performed to identify communication-related predictors of intervention change scores for caregiver fidelity and toddler outcomes. In all cases, toddler age was entered as a mediator to explore any influence on these relationships. Results. Toddlers' functional communication inversely predicted their caregivers' mastery of program strategies. Specifically, lower toddler functional receptive and expressive communication predicted larger gains in caregivers' strategy use. Conversely, higher baseline (receptive but not expressive) communication-related skills predicted greater gains in toddlers' responsivity. Trends emerged for prediction of toddler smiling and social orienting. The clinical measure selected for this study did not predict outcomes. Conclusion: Caregiver-reported information about toddler communication-related skills was informative for predicting the primary program outcomes. Findings may be helpful in informing clinical triage decisions and personalizing intervention approaches.
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