A longitudinal study of joint attention, motor imitation and language development in young children with autism spectrum disorder in Taiwan

Iao, L-S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-9712, Shen, C-W and Wu, C-C, 2023. A longitudinal study of joint attention, motor imitation and language development in young children with autism spectrum disorder in Taiwan. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. ISSN 0162-3257

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Abstract

This longitudinal study examined early predictors of language development in 74 young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Taiwan. Participants were assessed twice (initial age between 17 to 35 months) on responding to joint attention (RJA), initiating joint attention (IJA), motor imitation with objects (object imitation; OI) and without objects (manual imitation; MI), and receptive and expressive language. The two assessments were 18 months apart. Results showed that both RJA and MI concurrently and longitudinally predicted receptive and expressive language across the two assessments. These findings were not entirely consistent with the limited and mixed findings of Western longitudinal studies. However, they have implications for early interventions aiming to facilitate language development in children with ASD internationally.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Creators:	Iao, L.-S., Shen, C.-W. and Wu, C.-C.
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
Date:	4 May 2023
ISSN:	0162-3257
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s10803-023-05950-7 DOI 1737191 Other
Rights:	This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-05950-7
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	15 May 2023 10:20
Last Modified:	04 May 2024 03:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48962

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