Associations Among Early Signs of Autism, Joint Attention and Developmental Delays in Children

• Autor(a) principal: Zaqueu, Livia Conceição Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Teixeira, Maria Cristina Triguero Veloz, Carvalho, Felipe Alckmin de, Paula, Cristiane Silvestre de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/18606
• topic: Interdisciplinar, Psicologia; Desenvolvimento infantil; Transtorno do espectro do autismo; Comunicação social; Atenção compartilhada; Child development; Autism spectrum disorders; Social communication; Joint attention

The Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) usually impair adaptive functioning and psychosocial developmentin childhood. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations among early signs of ASD, failures in joint attention(JA) and developmental delays. Participants were 92 children (16-24 months of age) from five day-care centers in Barueri-SP. Assessment instruments used: Development Screening Test-DENVER-II (child development); Modified Checklist forAutism in Toddlers-M-CHAT (screening for ASD); Pictorial Infant Communication Scales-PICS (social communication).Developmental delays were observed in 28.3% of the children. Five children showed early signs of ASD, all with deficits injoint attention. Since among children with early signs of ASD, the most common deficits were related to joint attention, thisfield should be privileged in early evaluations.