Diagnostic stability of autism spectrum disorder in toddlers prospectively identified in a community-based setting: Behavioural characteristics and predictors of change over time

Autism

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 830-840

  Barbaro, Josephine ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; community based; diagnostic stability; longitudinal; low risk; prospective; toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY; DSM-5; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE CONTACT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULLEN SCALES OF EARLY LEARNING; NON VERBAL DEVELOPMENTAL QUOTIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TODDLER; VOCALIZATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85029440498     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361316654084     Document Type: Article

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