Efficacy of brief quantitative measures of play for screening for autism spectrum disorders.
Quick and effective screening measures are needed for detecting Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Thirty typically developing children and 30 children with ASD aged 24-68 months were used. This study explored if the ASD group would exhibit less object exploration, diversity of play, and turn-taking than the typically developing group. Older children with ASD performed less turn-taking. On all other measures, IQ accounted for more of the difference between groups than diagnosis. Implications of these results for future research are discussed.
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 11549, USA. Jrodma1@pride.hofstra.edu
Jennifer L
JL
Rodman
Kimberly A
KA
Gilbert
Allen B
AB
Grove
Megan
M
Cunningham
Sara
S
Levenson
Lisa
L
Wajsblat
D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014796:Visual Perception