In this week’s round-up we summarize research on the effect of mothers’ media use during infant feeding sessions, early predictors of children with autism’s expressive language, and quality of life ratings for children with cochlear implants.
Month: August 2019
Research Round-Up
This week we summarize research about strategies parents can use to teach their children new words and strategies parents can use during shared book reading to improve language skills.
Research Round-Up
In this week’s edition, we summarize research about the efficacy of Pivotal Response Treatment, a coding system to measure subtle changes in social communication, and the link between maternal responsiveness and infant vocal development. Continue reading
Research Round-Up
This week we summarize research about the interaction between child communication skills, emotional challenges, and parental distress, the effect of caregiver-led intervention on family dynamics, and a video-based screening measure for infants with autism.
Research Round-Up
This week we summarize research about how parent report can help clinicians make differential ASD diagnoses, how a parent-mediated autism intervention may help to decrease parental stress, and mindfulness as a therapy technique for individuals with autism and their caregivers.