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Joint engagement and the emergence of language in children with autism and Down syndrome.

Journal of autism and developmental disorders ·Vol. 39 ·No. 1 ·2009-01-00 ·Pages 84-96

Adamson LB, Bakeman R, Deckner DF, Romski M

Abstract

Systematic longitudinal observations were made as typically developing toddlers and young children with autism and with Down syndrome interacted with their caregivers in order to document how joint engagement developed over a year-long period and how variations in joint engagement experiences predicted language outcome. Children with autism displayed a persistent deficit in coordinated joint attention; children with Down syndrome were significantly less able to infuse symbols into joint engagement. For all groups, variations in amount of symbol-infused supported joint engagement, a state in which the child attended to a shared object and to language but not actively to the partner, contributed to differences in expressive and receptive language outcome, over and above initial language capacity.

MeSH Terms
Attention Autistic Disorder/diagnosis,psychology,therapy Child, Preschool Communication Down Syndrome/diagnosis,psychology,therapy Father-Child Relations Female Humans Infant Interpersonal Relations Language Development Disorders/diagnosis,psychology Longitudinal Studies Male Mother-Child Relations Object Attachment Orientation Play Therapy Stereotyped Behavior Symbolism Vocabulary
Authors & Affiliations
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Adamson Lauren B
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 30302-5010, USA. [email protected]
Bakeman Roger
Deckner Deborah F
Romski MaryAnn
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Abbr.
J Autism Dev Disord
ISSN
0162-3257
DOI
10.1007/s10803-008-0601-7
Email
[email protected]
Published
2009-01-00
Epub
2008-00-26
Pages
84-96
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7904301
PMCID
PMC2640949
Subset
IM
Grants
NICHD NIH HHS · R01 HD035612 · United States
NICHD NIH HHS · R01 HD035612-10A1 · United States
NICHD NIH HHS · R01HD35612 · United States
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