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Moser C, Campanelli A, Friedman L, Thurman AJ, Roberts JE, Abbeduto L, Klusek J. Characterising the social interaction style of autism in young adult males with fragile X syndrome. J Intellect Disabil Res 2024; 68:464-476. [PMID: 38258970 PMCID: PMC11023774 DOI: 10.1111/jir.13121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The characterisation of autism in fragile X syndrome (FXS) has been a source of controversy due to the complexity of disentangling autism traits from common features of the FXS phenotype. Autism in FXS is significantly underdiagnosed in the community, which may be partly due to insufficient clinical description of the social interaction profile of autism within the FXS phenotype. In this study, we applied a classic framework for characterising social interaction styles in autism to a sample of young adult males with FXS and co-occurring autism to enhance understanding of how the social challenges associated with autism manifest within FXS. METHODS Participants were 41 males (M age = 18 years) with FXS and co-occurring autism. Interaction samples were coded for expression of predominately 'active' (characterised by a desire to make social approaches) or 'passive' (characterised by lack of initiation of social approach towards others) interaction profiles. Differences in the expression of phenotypic features of FXS, including anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, cognitive, adaptive and language impairments and autism symptom severity, were examined across those with passive and active interaction styles. RESULTS Approximately half of the sample was classified as active and half as passive, demonstrating diversity in the social phenotype of autism associated with FXS. The two subtypes did not differ in autism severity, anxiety or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms or in cognitive, adaptive or language abilities. CONCLUSIONS This study enhances understanding of FXS-associated autism by documenting phenotypic variability in the social interaction profile in this group, with active and passive social interaction styles represented. The two social interaction styles were not associated with differential expression of common phenotypic features of FXS, suggesting similar support needs.
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- Carly Moser
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, Columbia SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, Columbia SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, Columbia SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29208, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, Columbia SC 29208, USA
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McKinney WS, Williford DN, Abbeduto L, Schmitt LM. The impact of social-environmental factors on IQ in syndromic intellectual developmental disabilities. J Clin Transl Sci 2024; 8:e59. [PMID: 38655457 PMCID: PMC11036438 DOI: 10.1017/cts.2024.510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Despite having the same underlying genetic etiology, individuals with the same syndromic form of intellectual developmental disability (IDD) show a large degree of interindividual differences in cognition and IQ. Research indicates that up to 80% of the variation in IQ scores among individuals with syndromic IDDs is attributable to nongenetic effects, including social-environmental factors. In this narrative review, we summarize evidence of the influence that factors related to economic stability (focused on due to its prevalence in existing literature) have on IQ in individuals with syndromic IDDs. We also highlight the pathways through which economic stability is hypothesized to impact cognitive development and drive individual differences in IQ among individuals with syndromic IDDs. We also identify broader social-environmental factors (e.g., social determinants of health) that warrant consideration in future research, but that have not yet been explored in syndromic IDDs. We conclude by making recommendations to address the urgent need for further research into other salient factors associated with heterogeneity in IQ. These recommendations ultimately may shape individual- and community-level interventions and may inform systems-level public policy efforts to promote the cognitive development of and improve the lived experiences of individuals with syndromic IDDs.
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- Walker S. McKinney
- Department of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis,
Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University
of California Davis, Sacramento, CA,
USA
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- Department of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Potter SN, Harvey D, Sterling A, Abbeduto L. Parental Responsivity and Child Communication During Mother-Child and Father-Child Interactions in Fragile X Syndrome. J Speech Lang Hear Res 2024; 67:939-959. [PMID: 38407074 PMCID: PMC11001423 DOI: 10.1044/2023_jslhr-23-00517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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PURPOSE Past research shows that parentally responsive behavior toward the child positively influences language development in both neurotypical children and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including those with fragile X syndrome (FXS); however, most studies have focused exclusively on the mother-child relationship. The current study examined relationships between parent behavior (i.e., responsivity and behavior management) and child language performance in both mother-child and father-child interactions, as well as relationships between child characteristics and both parent behavior and child language. METHOD Participants were 23 families of young boys with FXS between 3 and 7 years of age. Mothers and fathers independently completed questionnaires assessing child characteristics and separately engaged in 12-min play-based interactions with their child via telehealth. One parent also completed a comprehensive interview assessing child adaptive behavior. Video recordings of the parent-child interactions were transcribed and coded for parent and child behavior, and measures of parent and child language were obtained from the transcripts. RESULTS Mothers and fathers used similar rates of responsive behaviors during parent-child interactions, and parental responsivity was positively associated with some aspects of child language performance (i.e., talkativeness and lexical diversity). Parental behavior, however, was not associated with syntactic complexity. Older children and children with higher levels of adaptive behavior had parents who used higher rates of responsive behaviors. Fathers used higher rates of behavior management strategies compared to mothers, and this type of parent behavior was not associated with child language. CONCLUSION Overall, this study provides evidence that interventions focused on increasing parental responsiveness would be beneficial for families of children with FXS and that these interventions should be delivered early given the association between responsivity and child age. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.25229939.
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- Sarah Nelson Potter
- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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Del Hoyo Soriano L, Sterling A, Edgin J, Hamilton DR, Berry-Kravis E, Dimachkie Nunnally A, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L. Associations Among Sex, Cognitive Ability, and Autism Symptoms in Individuals with Down Syndrome. J Autism Dev Disord 2024; 54:301-311. [PMID: 36315322 PMCID: PMC10184887 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-022-05779-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
This study explores sex-differences in (a) rates and profiles of autism symptoms as well as in (b) the contribution of intellectual quotient (IQ) to autism symptom presentation in Down syndrome (DS). Participants were 40 males and 38 females with DS, aged 6 to 23 years. Autism symptoms were rated through the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Second Edition (ADOS-2). Results show no sex differences in the ADOS-2 Calibrated Severity Scores (CSS). However, only females with DS who are classified as DS-Only have higher scores on verbal IQ than those classified as DS + autism. Furthermore, associations between IQ and all CSSs are found for females, but not for males. Findings suggest that verbal cognition may play differential roles for females and males with DS.
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- Laura Del Hoyo Soriano
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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- Waisman Center, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences and Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Aishworiya R, Tak Y, Ponzini MD, Biag HMB, Salcedo-Arellano MJ, Kim K, Tassone F, Schneider A, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Hessl D, Randol JL, Bolduc FV, Lippe S, Hagerman P, Hagerman R. Adaptive, behavioral, and cognitive outcomes in individuals with fragile X syndrome with varying autism severity. Int J Dev Neurosci 2023; 83:715-727. [PMID: 37724826 PMCID: PMC10868665 DOI: 10.1002/jdn.10299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
Abstract
This study aimed to determine the association between severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and cognitive, behavioral, and molecular measures in individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS). Study inclusion criteria included individuals with FXS and (1) age 6-40 years, (2) full-scale IQ < 84, and (3) language ≥3-word phrases. ASD symptom severity was determined by Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2). Other measures identified non-verbal IQ, adaptive skills, and aberrant behaviors. Molecular measures included blood FMR1 and CYFIP1 mRNA levels, FMRP and MMP9 levels. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Spearman's correlations were used to compare ASD severity groups. Data from 54 individuals was included with no/mild (N = 7), moderate (N = 18), and severe (N = 29) ASD. Individuals with high ASD severity had lower adaptive behavior scores (47.48 ± 17.49) than the no/mild group (69.00 ± 20.45, p = 0.0366); they also had more challenging behaviors, lethargy, and stereotypic behaviors. CYFIP1 mRNA expression levels positively correlated with the ADOS-2 comparison score(r2 = 0.33, p = 0.0349), with no significant correlations with other molecular markers. In conclusion, autism symptom severity is associated with more adverse cognitive and adaptive skills and specific behaviors in FXS, whereas CYFIP1 mRNA expression levels may be a potential biomarker for severity of ASD in FXS.
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- Ramkumar Aishworiya
- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Health System, Singapore
- Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
- Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, United States of America
- UC Davis Biotechnology Program, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
- Division of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
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- Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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del Hoyo Soriano L, Villarreal J, Abbeduto L. Parental Survey on Spanish‑English Bilingualism in Neurotypical Development and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in the United States. Adv Neurodev Disord 2023; 7:591-603. [PMID: 37997573 PMCID: PMC10664973 DOI: 10.1007/s41252-023-00325-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
Abstract
Objectives The cognitive and social benefits of bilingualism for children, including those with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs), have been documented. The present study was designed to characterize and compare English and Spanish use in Hispanic families with and without NDDs residing in the U.S. as well as to understand parental perceptions of their child's bilingualism and of community and professional support. Methods We conducted an online survey of 84 Spanish-speaking parents of 4- to 24-year-olds with (n = 44) and without NDDs (n = 40) who were born in and living in the U.S. Results We found that bilingualism was a desired goal for 95% of our families. We also found, however, that 17.1% of parents of children with NDDs have raised them as monolinguals English-speakers, as they thought there were reasons for that, while all families from the NT group raised their children in both languages. In addition, nearly 40% of the NDD children only speak English, compared to a 5% in the NT group. Finally, parents of children with NDDs cite a lack of support for bilingualism in the community (47.6% do not feel supported, compared to a 7.9% in the NT group) and recommendation from professionals as major factors for not raising their children as bilingual. Conclusions The results suggest a need to educate professionals from many disciplines about the benefits of bilingualism for children with NDDs and for implementation of inclusion policies that provide access to dual-language programs.
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- Laura del Hoyo Soriano
- . MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA 2825, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- . MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA 2825, USA
- . Graduate Program in Human Development, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- . MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA 2825, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Peng M, Lovos A, Bottrill K, Hughes K, Sampsel M, Lee NR, Abbeduto L, Thurman AJ, Edgin J. Extended trajectory of spatial memory errors in typical and atypical development: The role of binding and precision. Hippocampus 2023; 33:1171-1188. [PMID: 37706613 PMCID: PMC10638674 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
Abstract
Spatial reconstruction, a method for evaluating how individuals remember the placement of objects, has traditionally been evaluated through the aggregate estimation of placement errors. However, this approach may obscure the nature of task errors. Specifically, recent data has suggested the importance of examining the precision of responses, as well as absolute performance on item-context bindings. In contrast to traditional analysis approaches based on the distance between the target and the reconstructed item, in this study we further explored three types of errors (swap error, global error, and local distance) that may all contribute to the distance, with particular emphasis on swap errors and local distance due to their associations with item-context bindings and memory precision, respectively. We examined these errors in children aged 3-18 years, making comparisons between children with typical development (TD) and children with Down syndrome (DS), a population with known memory challenges. As expected, older children outperformed younger children in terms of overall memory accuracy. Of importance is that we measured uneven maturational trajectories of memory abilities across the various error types. Specifically, both remembered locations (irrespective of object identity) and swap errors (object-location binding errors) align with the overall memory accuracy. Memory precision, as measured by local distance in simpler set size 2 trials, mirrored overall memory accuracy. However, for more complex set size 3 trials, local distance remained stable before age 8 and showed age-related change thereafter. The group with DS showed reduced precision compared to a TD matched group, and measures of precision, and to a lesser extent binding errors, correlated with standard neuropsychological outcomes. Overall, our study contributed to a fine-grained understanding of developing spatial memory ability in a large sample of typical developing children and a memory impaired population. These findings contribute to a growing body of research examining precision as a key factor in memory performance.
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- Maomiao Peng
- Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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Kover ST, Abbeduto L. Toward Equity in Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil 2023; 128:350-370. [PMID: 37644865 PMCID: PMC10786180 DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-128.5.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
Abstract
Lack of diversity in IDD research is typically conceptualized only in terms of (1) recruitment of samples that do not appropriately represent the sociodemographics of the population, or (2) the limited number of researchers from historically marginalized backgrounds. Critically, the field also suffers from over-reliance on perspectives and social systems of dominant culture-both in how disability is regarded and in relation to other dimensions of identity and culture. These lenses lead to research findings that reinforce, rather than reduce, social inequities. We propose a framework that minimizes reliance on diagnostic categories, shifts from deficit- to person-centered models, acknowledges people's multiple identities, and includes self-advocates and diverse communities as partners in the research enterprise. The systems change necessary to support this framework is described.
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Bullard L, Harvey D, Abbeduto L. Exploring the feasibility of collecting multimodal multiperson assessment data via distance in families affected by fragile X syndrome. J Telemed Telecare 2023; 29:591-599. [PMID: 33840279 PMCID: PMC8505575 DOI: 10.1177/1357633x211003810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Telehealth is an important tool in helping to provide services for hard-to-reach populations. One population that might benefit from telehealth are individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS). Although FXS is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability, it is nonetheless a low incidence disorder. Individuals with FXS and their families are involved in research studies, clinical trials and receive interventions - many of which are only offered in a few locations in the United States and thus, not easily accessible to many families. The current project explored the feasibility of using telehealth procedures to collect multimodal behavioural and psychological assessment data from these families. METHODS Participation in the current study involved online surveys, measures of physiological indices of stress, live interviews and observations of mother-child interactions conducted via distance videoconferencing using the family's own technology when possible. Across all modes of data collection, we obtained information regarding the feasibility of participating entirely via distance by documenting missing data as well as each mother's overall impression of participating via distance. RESULTS Our telehealth procedures were successfully implemented across a wide range of technology platforms with limited difficulty, and we documented little missing data due to technology-related challenges. Perhaps most importantly, however, our sample of mothers reported high satisfaction with participating via distance. DISCUSSION These findings suggest that a wide range of services and types of assessments may be amenable to telehealth procedures. Further, the findings have immediate applications as the field shifts towards telehealth due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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- Lauren Bullard
- MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
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Kover ST, Abbeduto L. The Work Ahead for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil 2023; 128:388-392. [PMID: 37644864 PMCID: PMC10773982 DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-128.5.388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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In "Toward Equity in Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities," we sought to make entrenched assumptions and practices of intellectual and developmental disabilities research visible by explicitly describing the status quo in terms of models of disability, participant and researcher identities, research priorities, and biases in measurement and treatment approaches. We then curated individual- and systems-level actions drawn from disability justice and broader social justice lenses to offer a way forward. We focused on three major areas (i.e., intersectionality and person-centered approaches, participatory research, and interprofessional collaboration), depicting influences, methods, and actions in a framework of disability, identity, and culture. In this Author Response, we address five commentaries that critique and extend that synthesis.
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Berry-Kravis E, Abbeduto L, Hagerman R, Coffey CS, Cudkowicz M, Erickson CA, McDuffie A, Hessl D, Ethridge L, Tassone F, Kaufmann WE, Friedmann K, Bullard L, Hoffmann A, Veenstra-VanderWeele J, Staley K, Klements D, Moshinsky M, Harkey B, Long J, Fedler J, Klingner E, Ecklund D, Costigan M, Huff T, Pearson B. Effects of AFQ056 on language learning in fragile X syndrome. J Clin Invest 2023; 134:e171723. [PMID: 37651202 PMCID: PMC10904045 DOI: 10.1172/jci171723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUNDFXLEARN, the first-ever large multisite trial of effects of disease-targeted pharmacotherapy on learning, was designed to explore a paradigm for measuring effects of mechanism-targeted treatment in fragile X syndrome (FXS). In FXLEARN, the effects of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 (mGluR5) negative allosteric modulator (NAM) AFQ056 on language learning were evaluated in 3- to 6-year-old children with FXS, expected to have more learning plasticity than adults, for whom prior trials of mGluR5 NAMs have failed.METHODSAfter a 4-month single-blind placebo lead-in, participants were randomized 1:1 to AFQ056 or placebo, with 2 months of dose optimization to the maximum tolerated dose, then 6 months of treatment during which a language-learning intervention was implemented for both groups. The primary outcome was a centrally scored videotaped communication measure, the Weighted Communication Scale (WCS). Secondary outcomes were objective performance-based and parent-reported cognitive and language measures.RESULTSFXLEARN enrolled 110 participants, randomized 99, and had 91 who completed the placebo-controlled period. Although both groups made language progress and there were no safety issues, the change in WCS score during the placebo-controlled period was not significantly different between the AFQ056 and placebo-treated groups, nor were there any significant between-group differences in change in any secondary measures.CONCLUSIONDespite the large body of evidence supporting use of mGluR5 NAMs in animal models of FXS, this study suggests that this mechanism of action does not translate into benefit for the human FXS population and that better strategies are needed to determine which mechanisms will translate from preclinical models to humans in genetic neurodevelopmental disorders.TRIAL REGISTRATIONClincalTrials.gov NCT02920892.FUNDING SOURCESNeuroNEXT network NIH grants U01NS096767, U24NS107200, U24NS107209, U01NS077323, U24NS107183, U24NS107168, U24NS107128, U24NS107199, U24NS107198, U24NS107166, U10NS077368, U01NS077366, U24NS107205, U01NS077179, and U01NS077352; NIH grant P50HD103526; and Novartis IIT grant AFQ056X2201T for provision of AFQ056.
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- Elizabeth Berry-Kravis
- Departments of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences, and Anatomy & Cell Biology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and
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- MIND Institute and Department of Pediatrics, UCD, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- MIND Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UCD, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Communication Disorders and Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Pinks ME, Van Deusen K, Prince MA, Esbensen AJ, Thurman AJ, Patel LR, Abbeduto L, Walsh MM, Daunhauer LA, Feigles RT, Nguyen V, Fidler DJ. Psychometric evaluation of a working memory assessment measure in young children with Down syndrome. Res Dev Disabil 2023; 139:104564. [PMID: 37451184 PMCID: PMC10528903 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Working memory involves the temporary storage and manipulation of information and is frequently an area of challenge for individuals with Down syndrome (DS). Despite the potential benefits of intervention, laboratory assessments of working memory that could capture intervention effects have not undergone rigorous evaluation for use with young children with DS. It is critical to evaluate assessments of working memory in young children with DS to ensure the reliable and accurate measurement of performance. AIM This study evaluated an adapted laboratory measure of working memory for young children with DS 2-8 years old. METHOD A self-ordered pointing task, the Garage Game, was administered to 78 children with DS (mean = 5.17 years; SD = 1.49). Adaptations were made to the task to minimize potential DS phenotype-related language and motor confounds. RESULTS Results indicate that the measure is feasible, scalable, and developmentally sensitive, with minimal floor and practice effects for this population within this chronological and developmental age range. CONCLUSION These findings demonstrate that the Garage Game is promising for use in studies of early working memory and treatment trials that aim to support the development of this critical dimension of executive functioning for children with DS.
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- Miranda E Pinks
- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
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Frazier TW, Dimitropoulos A, Abbeduto L, Armstrong-Brine M, Kralovic S, Shih A, Hardan AY, Youngstrom EA, Uljarević M. The Autism Symptom Dimensions Questionnaire: Development and psychometric evaluation of a new, open-source measure of autism symptomatology. Dev Med Child Neurol 2023; 65:1081-1092. [PMID: 36628521 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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AIM To describe the development and initial psychometric evaluation of a new, freely available measure, the Autism Symptom Dimensions Questionnaire (ASDQ). METHOD After development and revision of an initial 33-item version, informants completed a revised 39-item version of the ASDQ on 1467 children and adolescents (aged 2-17 years), including 104 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). RESULTS The initial 33-item version of the ASDQ had good reliability and construct validity. However, only four specific symptom factors were identified, potentially due to an insufficient number of items. Factor analyses of the expanded instrument identified a general ASD factor and nine specific symptom factors with good measurement invariance across demographic groups. Scales showed good-to-excellent overall and conditional reliability. Exploratory analyses of predictive validity for ASD versus neurotypical and other developmental disability diagnoses indicated good accuracy for population and at-risk contexts. INTERPRETATION The ASDQ is a free and psychometrically sound informant report instrument with good reliability of measurement across a continuous range of scores and preliminary evidence of predictive validity. The measure may be a useful alternative to existing autism symptom measures but further studies with comparison of clinical diagnoses using criterion-standard instruments are needed. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS The Autism Symptom Dimensions Questionnaire (ASDQ) is a new, freely available measure of autism symptoms. The ASDQ showed reliable and accurate measurement of autism symptoms. The measure had good screening efficiency for autism spectrum disorder relative to other developmental conditions.
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- Thomas W Frazier
- Department of Psychology, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH, USA
- Autism Speaks, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Helping Give Away Psychological Science, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Aishworiya R, Chi MH, Zafarullah M, Mendoza G, Ponzini MD, Kim K, Biag HMB, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Hessl D, Randol JL, Bolduc FV, Jacquemont S, Lippé S, Hagerman P, Hagerman R, Schneider A, Tassone F. Intercorrelation of Molecular Biomarkers and Clinical Phenotype Measures in Fragile X Syndrome. Cells 2023; 12:1920. [PMID: 37508583 PMCID: PMC10377864 DOI: 10.3390/cells12141920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
This study contributes to a greater understanding of the utility of molecular biomarkers to identify clinical phenotypes of fragile X syndrome (FXS). Correlations of baseline clinical trial data (molecular measures-FMR1 mRNA, CYFIP1 mRNA, MMP9 and FMRP protein expression levels, nonverbal IQ, body mass index and weight, language level, NIH Toolbox, adaptive behavior rating, autism, and other mental health correlates) of 59 participants with FXS ages of 6-32 years are reported. FMR1 mRNA expression levels correlated positively with adaptive functioning levels, expressive language, and specific NIH Toolbox measures. The findings of a positive correlation of MMP-9 levels with obesity, CYFIP1 mRNA with mood and autistic symptoms, and FMR1 mRNA expression level with better cognitive, language, and adaptive functions indicate potential biomarkers for specific FXS phenotypes. These may be potential markers for future clinical trials for targeted treatments of FXS.
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- Ramkumar Aishworiya
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Health System, Singapore 119074, Singapore
- Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA (G.M.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA (G.M.)
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA (G.M.)
- Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- UC Davis Biotechnology Program, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Department of Medical Genetics, Women and Children Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA (G.M.)
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (R.A.); (M.D.P.); (H.M.B.B.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA (G.M.)
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Klusek J, Will E, Moser C, Hills K, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Roberts JE. Correction to: Predictors, Parental Views, and Concordance Across Diagnostic Sources of Autism in Male Youth with Fragile X Syndrome: Clinical Best Estimate and Community Diagnoses. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2023; 51:1067-1068. [PMID: 36952077 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-023-01059-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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- Jessica Klusek
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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Klusek J, Will E, Moser C, Hills K, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Roberts JE. Predictors, Parental Views, and Concordance Across Diagnostic Sources of Autism in Male Youth with Fragile X Syndrome: Clinical Best Estimate and Community Diagnoses. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2023; 51:989-1004. [PMID: 36867382 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-023-01044-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
Abstract
Persons with fragile X syndrome (FXS) with cooccurring autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at risk for poorer educational, medical, employment, and independent living outcomes. Thus, the identification of ASD in those with FXS is fundamental to ensuring access to appropriate supports to achieve good quality of life. Yet, optimal diagnostic methods and the exact rate of ASD comorbidity remains controversial, and description of ASD identification in the community in FXS has been limited. This study characterized ASD in a sample of 49 male youth with FXS across multiple diagnostic sources: parent-reported community diagnoses, classification derived from ADOS-2 and ADI-R thresholds, and clinical best-estimate classifications from an expert multidisciplinary team. High concordance was found between ADOS-2/ADI-R and clinical best estimate classifications, with both methods supporting ASD in ~ 75% of male youth with FXS. In contrast, 31% had a community diagnosis. Findings supported gross under-identification of ASD in male youth with FXS in community settings; 60% of those who met clinical best estimate criteria for ASD had not received a diagnosis in the community. Moreover, community diagnoses were poorly aligned with the presence of ASD symptoms as perceived by parents and professionals and, unlike clinical best estimate diagnoses, were not associated with cognitive, behavioral, or language features. Findings highlight under-identification of ASD in community settings as a significant barrier to service access for male youth with FXS. Clinical recommendations should emphasize the benefits of seeking a professional ASD evaluation for children with FXS who are noted to display key ASD symptoms.
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- Jessica Klusek
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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Abbeduto L, Del Hoyo Soriano L, Berry-Kravis E, Sterling A, Edgin JO, Abdelnur N, Drayton A, Hoffmann A, Hamilton D, Harvey DJ, Thurman AJ. Expressive language sampling and outcome measures for treatment trials in fragile X and down syndromes: composite scores and psychometric properties. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9267. [PMID: 37286643 PMCID: PMC10247708 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36087-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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The lack of psychometrically sound outcome measures has been a barrier to evaluating the efficacy of treatments proposed for core symptoms of intellectual disability (ID). Research on Expressive Language Sampling (ELS) procedures suggest it is a promising approach to measuring treatment efficacy. ELS entails collecting samples of a participant's talk in interactions with an examiner that are naturalistic but sufficiently structured to ensure consistency and limit examiner effects on the language produced. In this study, we extended previous research on ELS by analyzing an existing dataset to determine whether psychometrically adequate composite scores reflecting multiple dimensions of language can be derived from ELS procedures administered to 6- to 23-year-olds with fragile X syndrome (n = 80) or Down syndrome (n = 78). Data came from ELS conversation and narration procedures administered twice in a 4-week test-retest interval. We found that several composites emerged from variables indexing syntax, vocabulary, planning processes, speech articulation, and talkativeness, although there were some differences in the composites for the two syndromes. Evidence of strong test-retest reliability and construct validity of two of three composites were obtained for each syndrome. Situations in which the composite scores would be useful in evaluating treatment efficacy are outlined.
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- Leonard Abbeduto
- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, 2828 50Th St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, 2828 50Th St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Waisman Center and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sonoran UCEDD, UA Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, 2828 50Th St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, 2828 50Th St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, 2828 50Th St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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Van Deusen K, Prince MA, Thurman AJ, Esbensen AJ, Patel LR, Abbeduto L, Walsh MM, Daunhauer LA, Feigles RT, Fidler DJ. Evaluating an adapted reverse categorisation task to assess cognitive flexibility in young children with Down syndrome. J Intellect Disabil Res 2023. [PMID: 37221155 DOI: 10.1111/jir.13040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Accurate measurement of cognitive skills is necessary to advance both developmental and intervention science for individuals with Down syndrome (DS). This study evaluated the feasibility, developmental sensitivity and preliminary reliability of a reverse categorisation measure designed to assess cognitive flexibility in young children with DS. METHODS Seventy-two children with DS ages 2.5-8 years completed an adapted version of a reverse categorisation task. Twenty-eight of the participants were assessed again 2 weeks later for retest reliability. RESULTS This adapted measure demonstrated adequate feasibility and developmental sensitivity, and preliminary evidence for test-retest reliability when administered to children with DS in this age range. CONCLUSIONS This adapted reverse categorisation measure may be useful for future developmental and treatment studies that target early foundations of cognitive flexibility in young children with DS. Additional recommendations for use of this measure are discussed.
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- K Van Deusen
- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Dimachkie Nunnally A, Factor RS, Sturm A, Valluripalli Soorya L, Wainer A, Taylor S, Ponzini M, Abbeduto L, Gulsrud AC. Examining indicators of psychosocial risk and resilience in parents of autistic children. Front Behav Neurosci 2023; 17:1102516. [PMID: 37255619 PMCID: PMC10226532 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1102516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Background Parents of autistic children experience increased levels of caregiver strain and adverse mental health outcomes, even in comparison to parents of children with other neurodevelopmental disabilities. Previous studies have largely attributed these increased levels of mental health concerns to their child behavioral concerns and autism symptomatology, but less attention has been given to other potential child factors, such as child adaptive functioning. Additionally, little is known about potential protective factors, such as parents' emotion regulation (ER) abilities, that may ameliorate the experience of caregiver strain, anxiety, and depression. Objective The current study examined the impact of child characteristics (restricted and repetitive behaviors, adaptive functioning and behavioral concerns) on parent mental health outcomes (caregiver strain, anxiety, depression and wellbeing). Additionally, we explore parents' ER abilities as a moderator of the impact of child characteristic on parents' mental health outcomes. Results Results of linear mixed effect models indicated a significant relationship between parents' ER abilities and all four parent outcomes. Additionally, children's adaptive functioning abilities and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) were significant predictors of caregiving strain. Parents' ER abilities were a significant moderator of the effect of children's repetitive behaviors and adaptive functioning challenges on caregiver strain, such that better ER abilities mitigated the impact of child clinical factors on caregiver strain. Finally, a significant difference was detected for mothers' and fathers' mental health, with mothers reporting higher caregiver strain, and more symptoms of anxiety and depression than did fathers. Conclusion This study leveraged a large sample of autistic children and their biological parents to examine the relationship between children's clinical characteristics and parents' psychological wellbeing. Results indicate that, although parents of autistic children do experience high rates of internalizing mental health concerns that relate to child adaptive functioning and RRBs, parent ER abilities act as a protective factor against parents' adverse mental health outcomes. Further, mothers in our sample reported significantly higher rates of depression, anxiety, and caregiver strain, as compared with fathers.
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- Amanda Dimachkie Nunnally
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychological Science, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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MacFarlane H, Salem AC, Bedrick S, Dolata JK, Wiedrick J, Lawley GO, Finestack LH, Kover ST, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Fombonne E. Consistency and reliability of automated language measures across expressive language samples in autism. Autism Res 2023; 16:802-816. [PMID: 36722653 PMCID: PMC10123085 DOI: 10.1002/aur.2897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with substantial clinical heterogeneity, especially in language and communication ability. There is a need for validated language outcome measures that show sensitivity to true change for this population. We used Natural Language Processing to analyze expressive language transcripts of 64 highly-verbal children and young adults (age: 6-23 years, mean 12.8 years; 78.1% male) with ASD to examine the validity across language sampling context and test-retest reliability of six previously validated Automated Language Measures (ALMs), including Mean Length of Utterance in Morphemes, Number of Distinct Word Roots, C-units per minute, unintelligible proportion, um rate, and repetition proportion. Three expressive language samples were collected at baseline and again 4 weeks later. These samples comprised interview tasks from the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) Modules 3 and 4, a conversation task, and a narration task. The influence of language sampling context on each ALM was estimated using either generalized linear mixed-effects models or generalized linear models, adjusted for age, sex, and IQ. The 4 weeks test-retest reliability was evaluated using Lin's Concordance Correlation Coefficient (CCC). The three different sampling contexts were associated with significantly (P < 0.001) different distributions for each ALM. With one exception (repetition proportion), ALMs also showed good test-retest reliability (median CCC: 0.73-0.88) when measured within the same context. Taken in conjunction with our previous work establishing their construct validity, this study demonstrates further critical psychometric properties of ALMs and their promising potential as language outcome measures for ASD research.
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- Heather MacFarlane
- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
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- Biostatistics & Design Program, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, California, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, California, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, California, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Filipe MG, Carvalhais L, Abbeduto L, Frota S. Editorial: Language across neurodevelopmental disorders. Front Psychol 2023; 13:1121997. [PMID: 36687986 PMCID: PMC9846798 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1121997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Marisa G. Filipe
- Center of Linguistics, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal,*Correspondence: Marisa G. Filipe ✉
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- MIND Institute & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Center of Linguistics, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Potter SN, Bullard L, Banasik A, Feigles RT, Nguyen V, McDuffie A, Thurman AJ, Hagerman R, Abbeduto L. Family and Caregiver Characteristics Contribute to Caregiver Change in Use of Strategies and Growth in Child Spoken Language in a Parent-Implemented Language Intervention in Fragile X Syndrome. Perspect ASHA Spec Interest Groups 2022; 7:1630-1644. [PMID: 36778100 PMCID: PMC9910303 DOI: 10.1044/2022_persp-22-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Purpose This study examined relationships among family characteristics, caregiver change in use of strategies, and child growth in spoken language over the course of a parent-implemented language intervention (PILI) that was developed to address some of the challenges associated with the fragile X syndrome (FXS) phenotype. Method Participants were 43 parent-child dyads from two different PILI studies, both of which taught parents various language facilitation strategies to support child language. Before starting the intervention, parents reported on their mental health, parenting stress, and parenting competence. This study focused on potential barriers to treatment gains by examining correlations between the measures of parent well-being and (a) parent change in use of intervention strategies taught in the PILI and (b) changes in child language outcomes from preto post-intervention. Results Parents in this study had elevated mental health symptoms across several domains and increased rates of parenting stress. Furthermore, although PILI resulted in treatment gains for both parents and children, a variety of parent mental health symptoms were found to be significantly and negatively associated with change in use of strategies and growth in child language over the course of the intervention. Some inconsistent findings also emerged regarding the relationships between parenting stress and competence and change in parent strategy use and growth in child language. Conclusions This study provides preliminary evidence that parents who are experiencing significant mental health challenges may have a more difficult time participating fully in PILIs and that there may be subsequent effects on child outcomes. Future PILIs could benefit from addressing parent well-being as a substantial part of the intervention program.
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- Sarah Nelson Potter
- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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del Hoyo Soriano L, Villarreal JC, Sterling A, Edgin J, Berry-Kravis E, Hamilton DR, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L. The association between expressive language skills and adaptive behavior in individuals with Down syndrome. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20014. [PMID: 36411304 PMCID: PMC9678860 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24478-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The primary goal of this study was to determine whether expressive language skills contribute to adaptive behavior (e.g., socialization and daily living skills) in children, adolescents, and young adults with Down syndrome (DS) whilst controlling for age and nonverbal cognitive ability. Expressive language was assessed using the psychometrically validated Expressive Language Sampling (ELS) conversation and narration procedures. The language produced was transcribed and analyzed to yield measures of expressive vocabulary, syntax, and intelligibility. Socialization and daily living skills of participants with DS were measured with the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, 2nd edition (VABS-2) parent/caregiver rating form. Our results show that the three ELS measures were significantly correlated with multiple measures from the VABS-2 when controlling for age. Several correlations remained significant even when nonverbal cognitive ability was included as a control variable. Our results suggest that expressive language skills contribute to adaptive behavior in children, adolescents, and young adults with DS regardless of age and some of these associations are not explained solely by overall cognitive delays. Further studies including longitudinal data are needed to extend our results.
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- Laura del Hoyo Soriano
- grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 2825 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA USA ,grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Davis Health, University of California, Sacramento, CA USA
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- grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 2825 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA USA ,grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Davis Health, University of California, Sacramento, CA USA
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- grid.14003.360000 0001 2167 3675Waisman Center and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- grid.134563.60000 0001 2168 186XDepartment of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
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- grid.240684.c0000 0001 0705 3621Departments of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences and Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL USA
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- grid.189967.80000 0001 0941 6502Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 2825 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA USA ,grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Davis Health, University of California, Sacramento, CA USA
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- grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684MIND Institute, University of California Davis, 2825 50Th Street, Sacramento, CA USA ,grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Davis Health, University of California, Sacramento, CA USA
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Klusek J, O'Connor SL, Hickey A, Hills KJ, Abbeduto L, Roberts JE. Attention/Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adolescent and Young Adult Males With Fragile X Syndrome. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil 2022; 127:213-230. [PMID: 35443049 PMCID: PMC9414675 DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-127.3.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This study characterized the rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescent and young adult males with fragile X syndrome (FXS) using a multi-method approach integrating a DSM-based parent interview (Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes; P-ChIPS, Fristad et al., 1998) and a parent rating scale (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL, Achenbach, 2001). Thirty-one males with FXS, aged 16-24 years, participated. Forty-two percent met DSM-5 criteria for ADHD and 35% exceeded the CBCL cut-offs. Agreement between the two classification methods was fair (κ = 0.38). Autism symptom severity and nonverbal cognitive ability did not predict ADHD diagnoses/symptoms. Results show high rates of ADHD in males with FXS during late adolescence and young adulthood, which are not accounted for by impaired nonverbal cognitive skills or autism symptom severity. DSM-based ADHD-specific scales are recommended over broadband symptom scales to improve accurate identification.
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- Jessica Klusek
- Jessica Klusek, Shannon L. O'Connor, Alexandra Hickey and Kimberly J. Hills, University of South Carolina
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- Jessica Klusek, Shannon L. O'Connor, Alexandra Hickey and Kimberly J. Hills, University of South Carolina
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- Jessica Klusek, Shannon L. O'Connor, Alexandra Hickey and Kimberly J. Hills, University of South Carolina
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- Jessica Klusek, Shannon L. O'Connor, Alexandra Hickey and Kimberly J. Hills, University of South Carolina
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Hoffmann A, Thurman AJ, Sterling A, Kover ST, Finestack L, Berry-Kravis E, Edgin JO, Drayton A, Fombonne E, Abbeduto L. Analysis of a Repetitive Language Coding System: Comparisons between Fragile X Syndrome, Autism, and Down Syndrome. Brain Sci 2022; 12:575. [PMID: 35624962 PMCID: PMC9139711 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12050575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Expressive language sampling (ELS) is a frequently used tool for language analysis, as it can be used across widely ranging cognitive and language abilities. ELS can also evaluate pragmatic language, including excessive self-repetition, which is challenging to assess with traditional standardized assessments. This study explored how a well-established ELS protocol can assess three types of linguistic self-repetition in three neurodevelopmental disabilities: fragile X syndrome (FXS), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and Down syndrome (DS). We examined its ability to differentiate between these disorders, the relationships between repetitive language and other participant characteristics, and initial construct validity. We found that the groups with FXS and ASD differed significantly on each of the three repetitive language measure, and that the group with DS differed from either ASD or FXS on two. Cognitive ability was significantly related to phrase repetition in the group with ASD. When the groups were combined, there was evidence of convergent and divergent validity. This study extends previous research on ELS and supports its use as a means to characterize pragmatic language. It also provides information about the relationships between repetitive language and other phenotypic characteristics.
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- Anne Hoffmann
- Departments of Communication Disorders and Sciences and Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- MIND Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (A.J.T.); (A.D.); (L.A.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Waisman Center, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA;
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA;
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- Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;
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- Department of Psychology and Sonoran UCEDD, College of Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA;
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- MIND Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (A.J.T.); (A.D.); (L.A.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA;
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- MIND Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (A.J.T.); (A.D.); (L.A.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Schworer EK, Esbensen AJ, Nguyen V, Bullard L, Fidler DJ, Daunhauer LA, Mervis CB, Becerra AM, Abbeduto L, Thurman AJ. Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome. J Neurodev Disord 2022; 14:18. [PMID: 35279072 PMCID: PMC8918277 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-022-09430-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
There is substantial variability in adaptive skills among individuals with Down syndrome. Few studies, however, have focused on the early developmental period or on the potential sources of variability in adaptive skills. This study characterizes adaptive skills in young children with Down syndrome and investigates child characteristics associated with adaptive skills.
Methods
Participants were 44 children with Down syndrome ranging in age from 2.50 to 7.99 years (M = 4.66 years, SD = 1.46). The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-3 (VABS-3) Comprehensive Interview Form was used to assess adaptive behavior in the three core domains: socialization, daily living, and communication skills. Caregivers also reported on motor skills and autism spectrum disorder symptoms. Child cognitive abilities were assessed.
Results
Analyses comparing mean standard score performance across the three VABS-3 core domains demonstrated significant differences between all pairs of domains, resulting in a group-level pattern of socialization > daily living > communication skills. At the individual level, 10 different patterns of relative strength and weakness were identified, with only 18% of participants evidencing significant differences between adaptive skill domain standard scores corresponding to the group-level pattern of significant differences. Child characteristics (cognitive abilities, motor skills, and autism spectrum disorder symptoms) were significantly associated with VABS-3 adaptive domain standard scores.
Conclusion
These findings underscore the importance of individualizing intervention programs focused on improving the adaptive skills of young children with Down syndrome based on consideration of the child’s relative adaptive strengths and weaknesses.
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Bangert K, Scott KS, Adams C, Kisenwether JS, Giuffre L, Reed J, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Klusek J. Cluttering in the Speech of Young Men With Fragile X Syndrome. J Speech Lang Hear Res 2022; 65:954-969. [PMID: 35196138 PMCID: PMC9150725 DOI: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-21-00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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PURPOSE Cluttering is a fluency disorder that has been noted clinically in individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS). Yet, cluttering has not been systematically characterized in this population, hindering identification and intervention efforts. This study examined the rates of cluttering in male young adults with FXS using expert clinical opinion, the alignment between expert clinical opinion and objectively quantified features of cluttering from language transcripts, and the association between cluttering and aspects of the FXS phenotype. METHOD Thirty-six men with FXS (aged 18-26 years; M = 22, SD = 2.35) contributed language samples and completed measures of nonverbal cognition, autism symptoms, anxiety, and symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The presence of cluttering was determined by the consensus of two clinical experts in fluency disorders based on characteristics exhibited in the language sample. Cluttering features (speech rate, disfluencies, etc.) were also objectively quantified from the language transcripts. RESULTS Clinical experts determined that 50% of participants met the criteria for a cluttering diagnosis. Phrase repetitions were the most salient feature that distinguished individuals who cluttered. Although the presence of cluttering was not associated with autism symptoms or mean length of utterance, cluttering was more likely to occur when nonverbal cognitive ability was higher, ADHD symptoms were elevated, and anxiety symptoms were low. CONCLUSIONS Half of the male young adults with FXS exhibited cluttering, which supports FXS as a genetic diagnosis that is highly enriched for risk of cluttering. Cluttering was associated with increased ADHD symptoms and cognitive ability and reduced anxiety symptoms. This study contributes a new description of the clinical presentation of cluttering in men with FXS and may lead to improved understanding of the potential underlying mechanisms of cluttering and eventual refinements to treatment and diagnosis.
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- Katherine Bangert
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia
- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA
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- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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Esbensen AJ, Vincent LB, Epstein JN, Kamimura-Nishimura K, Wiley S, Angkustsiri K, Abbeduto L, Fidler D, Anixt JS, Froehlich TE. Co-occurring medical and behavioural conditions in children with Down syndrome with or without ADHD symptom presentation. J Intellect Disabil Res 2022; 66:282-296. [PMID: 34939724 PMCID: PMC8816818 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Co-occurring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a challenge to characterise in the presence of other medical conditions commonly present in children with Down syndrome (DS). The current study examined differences among children with DS with or without ADHD symptomatology in terms of demographics, developmental level, co-occurring medical conditions, and parent and teacher ratings of behaviour and executive functioning. METHODS Parents and teachers of 108 school-age children with DS provided ratings of ADHD symptoms, behaviour problems and executive functioning skills. Children with DS and ADHD symptom presentation, as identified by a scoring algorithm, were compared with those without ADHD symptom presentation on demographic characteristics, developmental level, co-occurring medical conditions and parent-report and teacher-report measures of behaviours and executive functioning. RESULTS Sleep disorders, disruptive behaviour disorder, allergies and seizures were more common in children with DS and ADHD symptom presentation than in children without ADHD symptom presentation. After controlling for ADHD medication use, children with DS and ADHD symptom presentation had poorer performance than those without ADHD symptom presentation on parent behaviour ratings, teacher behaviour ratings and parent but not teacher ratings of executive functioning. No significant group differences in demographic characteristics or developmental level were identified. CONCLUSIONS Higher rates of co-occurring medical conditions present in children with DS and ADHD symptom presentation support the need for thorough differential diagnoses. The different pattern of group differences between parent-report and teacher-report has implications for diagnostic practices across settings as well as for treatment.
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- Anna J. Esbensen
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- MIND Institute, University of California, Davis
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis
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- MIND Institute, University of California, Davis
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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Fidler DJ, Prince MA, Van Deusen K, Esbensen AJ, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Patel L, Mervis C, Schworer EK, Lee NR, Edgin JO, Hepburn S, Davis S, Daunhauer LA. Latent profiles of autism symptoms in children and adolescents with Down syndrome. J Intellect Disabil Res 2022; 66:265-281. [PMID: 34984734 PMCID: PMC9009451 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Down syndrome (DS) is associated with elevated rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism symptomatology. To better characterise heterogeneity in ASD symptomatology in DS, profiles of caregiver-reported ASD symptoms were modelled for children and adolescents with DS. METHODS Participants (n = 125) were recruited through several multi-site research studies on cognition and language in DS. Using the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2; Constantino and Gruber 2012), two latent profile analyses (LPA) were performed, one on the broad composite scores of social communication and interaction and restricted interests and repetitive behaviour, and a second on the four social dimensions of social communication, social motivation, social awareness, and social cognition. RESULTS A three-profile model was the best fit for both analyses, with each analysis yielding a low ASD symptom profile, an elevated or mixed ASD symptom profile and a high ASD symptom profile. Associations were observed between profile probability scores and IQ, the number of co-occurring biomedical conditions reported, sex, and SRS-2 form. CONCLUSIONS Characterising heterogeneity in ASD symptom profiles can inform more personalised supports in this population, and implications for potential therapeutic approaches for individuals with DS are discussed.
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- D J Fidler
- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Campus, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, MIND Institute, University of California - Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, MIND Institute, University of California - Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Campus, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Sonoran University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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del Hoyo Soriano L, Bullard L, Thurman AJ, Alvarez CH, Abbeduto L. Providing a parent-administered outcome measure in a bilingual family of a father and a mother of two adolescents with ASD: brief report. Dev Neurorehabil 2022; 25:140-144. [PMID: 34170787 PMCID: PMC8709875 DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2021.1942281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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There is a need for psychometrically sound outcome measures for treatment studies that have a low burden for families and that are available in multiple languages. We have developed a language assessment in English and Spanish that parents can administer to their children at home via telehealth-delivered procedures. The current case study presents descriptive data on a single family of two parent-child dyads. Both the mother and father from a single family were trained in their primary language (Spanish) on how to administer the Expressive Language Sampling - Narration (ELS-N) in their secondary language (English) to their two English-speaking monolingual sons with ASD through telehealth-delivered procedures. Both parents learned to administer the procedures to a predetermined level of fidelity. Extension to a larger sample of bilingual families is needed for this home-based, parent-administered test; however, the present results suggest feasibility even when the language of training and administration differ.
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- Laura del Hoyo Soriano
- MIND Institute & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- MIND Institute & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- MIND Institute & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- MIND Institute & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California Davis, Davis, USA
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- MIND Institute & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Klusek J, Fairchild A, Moser C, Mailick MR, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L. Family history of FXTAS is associated with age-related cognitive-linguistic decline among mothers with the FMR1 premutation. J Neurodev Disord 2022; 14:7. [PMID: 35026985 PMCID: PMC8903682 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-022-09415-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Women who carry a premutation allele of the FMR1 gene are at increased vulnerability to an array of age-related symptoms and disorders, including age-related decline in select cognitive skills. However, the risk factors for age-related decline are poorly understood, including the potential role of family history and genetic factors. In other forms of pathological aging, early decline in syntactic complexity is observed and predicts the later onset of neurodegenerative disease. To shed light on the earliest signs of degeneration, the present study characterized longitudinal changes in the syntactic complexity of women with the FMR1 premutation across midlife, and associations with family history of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) and CGG repeat length. METHODS Forty-five women with the FMR1 premutation aged 35-64 years at study entry participated in 1-5 longitudinal assessments spaced approximately a year apart (130 observations total). All participants were mothers of children with confirmed fragile X syndrome. Language samples were analyzed for syntactic complexity and participants provided information on family history of FXTAS. CGG repeat length was determined via molecular genetic testing. RESULTS Hierarchical linear models indicated that women who reported a family history of FXTAS exhibited faster age-related decline in syntactic complexity than those without a family history, with that difference emerging as the women reached their mid-50 s. CGG repeat length was not a significant predictor of age-related change. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that women with the FMR1 premutation who have a family history of FXTAS may be at increased risk for neurodegenerative disease, as indicated by age-related loss of syntactic complexity. Thus, family history of FXTAS may represent a personalized risk factor for age-related disease. Follow-up study is needed to determine whether syntactic decline is an early indicator of FXTAS specifically, as opposed to being a more general age-related cognitive decline associated with the FMR1 premutation.
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- Jessica Klusek
- grid.254567.70000 0000 9075 106XDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, SC 29208, Columbia, USA
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- grid.254567.70000 0000 9075 106XDepartment of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street Columbia, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- grid.254567.70000 0000 9075 106XDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street, SC 29208, Columbia, USA
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- grid.14003.360000 0001 2167 3675Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705 USA
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- grid.416958.70000 0004 0413 7653Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817 USA
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- grid.416958.70000 0004 0413 7653Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817 USA
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John Thurman A, Summers Swinehart S, Klusek J, Roberts JE, Bullard L, Marzan JCB, Ted Brown W, Abbeduto L. Daily Living Skills in Adolescent and Young Adult Males With Fragile X Syndrome. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil 2022; 127:64-83. [PMID: 34979036 PMCID: PMC8740615 DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-127.1.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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By adulthood, most males with fragile X syndrome (FXS) require support to navigate day-to-day settings. The present study cross-sectionally: (1) characterized the profile of daily living skills in males with FXS and (2) examined associated participant characteristics (i.e., fragile X mental retardation protein [FMRP] expression, nonverbal cognition, language, autism symptomatology, and anxiety symptomatology) using the Waisman-Activities of Daily Living questionnaire. Males with FXS (n = 57, ages 15-23 years) needed more help/support in the areas of domestic and community daily livings skills, than in the area of personal daily living skills. Significant associations were observed between reduced daily living skills and lower nonverbal cognition, receptive language, expressive language, and increased autism symptomatology. Receptive language emerged as the strongest unique predictor of daily living skill performance.
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- Angela John Thurman
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
- Department of Human Genetics, NYS Institute for Basic Research
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health
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Esbensen AJ, Epstein JN, Vincent LB, Kamimura-Nishimura K, Wiley S, Angkustsiri K, Abbeduto L, Fidler D, Froehlich TE. Comparison of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Typically Developing Children and Children with Down Syndrome. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2022; 43:1-8. [PMID: 34001744 PMCID: PMC8590700 DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom patterns among children with Down syndrome (DS) with or without ADHD and typically developing (TD) children with ADHD. METHODS Parents and teachers rated symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and general behavioral concerns for 22 children with DS and comorbid diagnoses of ADHD (DS + ADHD), 66 gender-matched and age-matched children with DS with no diagnosis of ADHD (DS - ADHD), and 66 gender-matched and age-matched TD children with ADHD (TD + ADHD). Children with DS were recruited from the community. TD children with ADHD were recruited from a specialty clinic evaluating for ADHD. RESULTS Parents tended to report higher scores of inattention and hyperactivity for TD children with ADHD compared with children with DS and no ADHD. Although mean ADHD symptom summary scores were not significantly different in DS + ADHD and DS - ADHD, specific parent-report items (e.g., distractibility and being "on the go") did tend to differentiate these groups. By contrast, teachers tended to report higher inattention and hyperactivity scores for DS + ADHD compared with both DS - ADHD and TD + ADHD. Specific teacher-reported items tending to differentiate DS + ADHD and DS - ADHD included difficulties following through on tasks, avoiding tasks, leaving one's seat, and excessive talking. CONCLUSION Variability in response patterns between parent and teacher reports for children with and without DS highlights the need to evaluate ADHD symptoms across environments. Our findings also suggest specific items that may particularly be helpful in distinguishing children with DS who do and do not have ADHD, although replication is needed.
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- Anna J. Esbensen
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- School of Human Services, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- MIND Institute, University of California, Davis
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis
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- MIND Institute, University of California, Davis
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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Potter SN, Harvey DJ, Sterling A, Abbeduto L. Mental Health Challenges, Parenting Stress, and Features of the Couple Relationship in Parents of Children With Fragile X Syndrome. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:857633. [PMID: 35432025 PMCID: PMC9012337 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.857633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) have significant delays in cognition and language, as well as anxiety, symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, and challenging behaviors such as hyperactivity and aggression. Biological mothers of children with FXS, who are themselves FMR1 premutation or full mutation carriers, are at elevated risk for mental health challenges in addition to experiencing stress associated with parenting a child with significant disabilities. However, little is known about fathers in these families, including the ways in which parental well-being influences the mother-father relationship and the impact of child characteristics on paternal and couple functioning. METHOD The current study examined features of, and relationships between, parental well-being, couple well-being, and child functioning in 23 families of young boys with FXS. Mothers and fathers independently completed multiple questionnaires about their individual well-being, couple functioning, and child behavior. One parent per family also completed an interview about the child's adaptive skills. RESULTS Results suggest that both mothers and fathers in these families experience clinically significant levels of mental health challenges and elevated rates of parenting stress relative to the general population. Findings also indicate that the couples' relationship may be a source of strength that potentially buffers against some of the daily stressors faced by these families. Additionally, parents who reported less parenting stress had higher couples satisfaction and dyadic coping. Finally, parents of children with less severe challenging behaviors exhibited fewer mental health challenges, less parenting stress, and higher levels of both couples satisfaction and dyadic coping. Parents of children with higher levels of adaptive behavior also reported less parenting stress and higher couples satisfaction. CONCLUSION Overall, this study provides evidence that families of children with FXS need access to services that not only target improvements in the child's functioning, but also ameliorate parental stress. Family-based services that include both mothers and fathers would lead to better outcomes for all family members.
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- Sarah Nelson Potter
- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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Abbeduto L, Sahin M. Developing and evaluating treatments for the challenges of autism and related neurodevelopmental disabilities. J Neurodev Disord 2021; 13:56. [PMID: 34784900 PMCID: PMC8597219 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-021-09404-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Leonard Abbeduto
- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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- Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Moser C, Mattie L, Abbeduto L, Klusek J. The FMR1 Premutation Phenotype and Mother-Youth Synchrony in Fragile X Syndrome. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil 2021; 126:443-459. [PMID: 34700350 PMCID: PMC8555425 DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-126.6.443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A subset of mothers who carry the FMR1 premutation may express a unique phenotype. The relationship between the FMR1 phenotype and mother-child interaction in families with fragile X-associated disorders has not been well characterized, despite the importance of high-quality mother-child interaction for child development. This study examined the association between the FMR1 phenotype and the quality of interactions between mothers and their adolescent/young adult sons with fragile X syndrome. Mother-youth synchrony was coded from a dyadic interaction. Maternal anxiety and depression symptoms, executive function deficits, and pragmatic language difficulties were evaluated. Results indicated that pragmatic language was associated with mother-youth synchrony. These findings highlight the importance of family-centered intervention practices for families with fragile X-associated disorders.
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- Carly Moser
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 29208, USA
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- University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 29208, USA
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del Hoyo Soriano L, Bullard L, Hoyos Alvarez C, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L. Using telehealth-delivered procedures to collect a parent-implemented expressive language sampling narrative task in monolingual and bilingual families with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A pilot study. Front Rehabil Sci 2021; 2:716550. [PMID: 35036992 PMCID: PMC8758070 DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2021.716550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Language impairments are frequent, severe, and of prognostic value in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Unfortunately, the evaluation of the efficacy of treatments targeting the language skills of those with ASD continues to be hindered by a lack of psychometrically sound outcome measures. Expressive Language Sampling (ELS) procedures offer a promising alternative to norm-referenced standardized tests for assessing expressive language in treatment studies. Until now, however, research on the validity and utility of ELS as outcome measures has been limited to administrations by a trained professional in a clinic setting and to use with English-speaking families. These limitations are a barrier for many families accessing the benefits of participation in treatment studies. The current study examines the feasibility of teaching native English-speaking parents (NESP) and native Spanish-speaking parents (NSSP) how to administer the ELS narrative task (ELS-N) to their sons and daughters with ASD (between ages 6 and 21) at home through telehealth-delivered procedures. The parent training was provided in the primary language of the participating parent (i.e., 11 NSSP and 11 NESP) and administered by the parent to the youth in the language that the parent reported to use to communicate with the youth at home (i.e., 9 Spanish and 13 English). Families were able to choose between using their own technology or be provided with the technology needed for participation. Of the 19 parents who completed the training, 16 learned to administer the ELS-N procedures. In addition, strong test-retest reliability and no practice effects over the 4-week interval were observed for ELS-N derived youth outcome measures (i.e., talkativeness, vocabulary, syntax, dysfluency, and intelligibility) for both NSSP and NESP. Results from this pilot study suggest that the home-based parent-implemented ELS-N procedures can be learned and administered at acceptable levels of fidelity by parents, with good test-retest reliability and limited practice effects observed in terms of outcome measures for youth with ASD. Implications for treatment studies and future directions are discussed.
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- Laura del Hoyo Soriano
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
- Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
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Lovos A, Bottrill K, Sakhon S, Nyhuis C, Egleson E, Luongo A, Murphy M, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Lee NR, Hughes K, Edgin J. Circadian Sleep-Activity Rhythm across Ages in Down Syndrome. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11111403. [PMID: 34827402 PMCID: PMC8615672 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11111403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Across all ages, individuals with Down syndrome (DS) experience high rates of sleep problems as well as cognitive impairments. This study sought to investigate whether circadian rhythm disruption was also experienced by people with DS and whether this kind of sleep disorder may be correlated with cognitive performance. A cross-sectional study of 101 participants (58 with DS, 43 with typical development) included individuals in middle childhood (6–10 years old), adolescence (11–18 years old), and young adulthood (19–26 years old). Sleep and markers of circadian timing and robustness were calculated using actigraphy. Cognitive and behavioral data were gathered via a novel touchscreen battery (A-MAPTM, Arizona Memory Assessment for Preschoolers and Special Populations) and parent questionnaire. Results indicated that children and adolescents with DS slept the same amount as peers with typical development, but significant group differences were seen in phase timing. The circadian robustness markers, interdaily stability and intradaily variability of sleep-wake rhythms, were healthiest for children regardless of diagnostic group and worst for adults with DS. Amplitude of the 24-h activity profile was elevated for all individuals with DS. In analyses of the correlations between sleep quality, rhythms, and cognition in people with DS, interdaily stability was positively correlated with reaction time and negatively correlated with verbal and scene recall, a finding that indicates increased stability may paradoxically correlate with poorer cognitive outcomes. Further, we found no relations with sleep efficiency previously found in preschool and adult samples. Therefore, the current findings suggest that a thorough examination of sleep disorders in DS must take into account age as well as circadian robustness to better understand sleep-cognitive correlations in this group.
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- Annalysa Lovos
- Department of Psychology, School of Mind, Brain and Behavior, College of Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (K.B.); (E.E.); (A.L.); (J.E.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Psychology, School of Mind, Brain and Behavior, College of Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (K.B.); (E.E.); (A.L.); (J.E.)
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- Statistics Department, Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA 91401, USA;
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- College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA;
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- Department of Psychology, School of Mind, Brain and Behavior, College of Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (K.B.); (E.E.); (A.L.); (J.E.)
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- Department of Psychology, School of Mind, Brain and Behavior, College of Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (K.B.); (E.E.); (A.L.); (J.E.)
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- Department of Physiology and Buiphysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (A.J.T.); (L.A.)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; (A.J.T.); (L.A.)
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;
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- Department of Psychology, School of Mind, Brain and Behavior, College of Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (K.B.); (E.E.); (A.L.); (J.E.)
- Sonoran University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), University of Arizona, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
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Grzadzinski R, Amso D, Landa R, Watson L, Guralnick M, Zwaigenbaum L, Deák G, Estes A, Brian J, Bath K, Elison J, Abbeduto L, Wolff J, Piven J. Pre-symptomatic intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): defining a research agenda. J Neurodev Disord 2021; 13:49. [PMID: 34654371 PMCID: PMC8520312 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-021-09393-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impacts an individual's ability to socialize, communicate, and interact with, and adapt to, the environment. Over the last two decades, research has focused on early identification of ASD with significant progress being made in understanding the early behavioral and biological markers that precede a diagnosis, providing a catalyst for pre-symptomatic identification and intervention. Evidence from preclinical trials suggest that intervention prior to the onset of ASD symptoms may yield more improved developmental outcomes, and clinical studies suggest that the earlier intervention is administered, the better the outcomes. This article brings together a multidisciplinary group of experts to develop a conceptual framework for behavioral intervention, during the pre-symptomatic period prior to the consolidation of symptoms into diagnosis, in infants at very-high-likelihood for developing ASD (VHL-ASD). The overarching goals of this paper are to promote the development of new intervention approaches, empirical research, and policy efforts aimed at VHL-ASD infants during the pre-symptomatic period (i.e., prior to the consolidation of the defining features of ASD).
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- Rebecca Grzadzinski
- Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Program for Early Autism Research Leadership and Service (PEARLS), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Program for Early Autism Research Leadership and Service (PEARLS), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington Autism Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- University of California, Davis, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Dimachkie Nunnally A, Nguyen V, Anglo C, Sterling A, Edgin J, Sherman S, Berry-Kravis E, del Hoyo Soriano L, Abbeduto L, Thurman AJ. Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Individuals with Down Syndrome. Brain Sci 2021; 11:1278. [PMID: 34679343 PMCID: PMC8533848 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11101278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that individuals with Down syndrome (DS) are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at a higher rate than individuals in the general population. Nonetheless, little is known regarding the unique presentation of ASD symptoms in DS. The current study aims to explore the prevalence and profiles of ASD symptoms in a sample of individuals with DS (n = 83), aged between 6 and 23 years. Analysis of this sample (MAge = 15.13) revealed that approximately 37% of the sample met the classification cut-off for ASD using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule 2 (ADOS-2) Calibrated Severity Score (CSS), an indicator of the participants' severity of ASD-related symptoms. Item-level analyses revealed that multiple items on Module 2 and Module 3 of the ADOS-2, mostly in the Social Affect (SA) subdomain, differentiated the children with DS who did not meet ASD classification (DS-only) from those who did (DS + ASD). Lastly, comparisons of individuals with DS-only and those with DS + ASD differed significantly on the syntactic complexity of their expressive language. These findings shed light on the unique presentation of ASD symptoms in a sample of individuals with DS and suggest that expressive language abilities may play a pivotal role in the presentation of ASD symptoms in DS.
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- Amanda Dimachkie Nunnally
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA; (V.N.); (C.A.); (L.d.H.S.); (L.A.); (A.J.T.)
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA; (V.N.); (C.A.); (L.d.H.S.); (L.A.); (A.J.T.)
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA; (V.N.); (C.A.); (L.d.H.S.); (L.A.); (A.J.T.)
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- Waisman Center and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA;
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA;
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- Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA;
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences and Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA; (V.N.); (C.A.); (L.d.H.S.); (L.A.); (A.J.T.)
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA; (V.N.); (C.A.); (L.d.H.S.); (L.A.); (A.J.T.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA; (V.N.); (C.A.); (L.d.H.S.); (L.A.); (A.J.T.)
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Dierssen M, Herault Y, Helguera P, Martínez de Lagran M, Vazquez A, Christian B, Carmona-Iragui M, Wiseman F, Mobley W, Fisher EMC, Brault V, Esbensen A, Jacola LM, Potier MC, Hamlett ED, Abbeduto L, Del Hoyo Soriano L, Busciglio J, Iulita MF, Crispino J, Malinge S, Barone E, Perluigi M, Costanzo F, Delabar JM, Bartesaghi R, Dekker AD, De Deyn P, Fortea Ormaechea J, Shaw PA, Haydar TF, Sherman SL, Strydom A, Bhattacharyya A. Building the Future Therapies for Down Syndrome: The Third International Conference of the T21 Research Society. Mol Syndromol 2021; 12:202-218. [PMID: 34421499 DOI: 10.1159/000514437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Research focused on Down syndrome has increased in the last several years to advance understanding of the consequences of trisomy 21 (T21) on molecular and cellular processes and, ultimately, on individuals with Down syndrome. The Trisomy 21 Research Society (T21RS) is the premier scientific organization for researchers and clinicians studying Down syndrome. The Third International Conference of T21RS, held June 6-9, 2019, in Barcelona, Spain, brought together 429 scientists, families, and industry representatives to share the latest discoveries on underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of T21, define cognitive and behavioral challenges and better understand comorbidities associated with Down syndrome, including Alzheimer's disease and leukemia. Presentation of cutting-edge results in neuroscience, neurology, model systems, psychology, cancer, biomarkers and molecular and phar-ma-cological therapeutic approaches demonstrate the compelling interest and continuing advancement in all aspects of understanding and ameliorating conditions associated with T21.
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- Mara Dierssen
- Centre for Genomic Regulation, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, INSERM, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- Instituto Ferreyra, INIMEC-CONICET-UNC, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Sant Pau Memory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Barcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, INSERM, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Brain & Spine Institute (ICM), CNRS UMR7225 - INSERM U1127 - UPMC Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Medical University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Telethon Kids Institute - Cancer Centre, Nedlands, Washington, Australia
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- Brain & Spine Institute (ICM), CNRS UMR7225 - INSERM U1127 - UPMC Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Sant Pau Memory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Barcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain
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Bullard L, Abbeduto L. Responsive Parenting as a Target for Telehealth Language Interventions in Fragile X Syndrome: Implications for Scalability and Best Practices. Semin Speech Lang 2021; 42:287-300. [PMID: 34311481 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1730989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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This review highlights the ways in which telehealth procedures can be implemented to help bridge the research-to-practice gap in supporting developmental outcomes for youth with fragile X syndrome (FXS). We review how the literature to date has informed potential treatment targets in the areas of speech and language development with a focus on understanding and supporting the dyadic relationship between the child and their biological mother, who is also impacted biologically. Notably, parental responsivity is an area that is strongly related to child language outcomes, both early and into adolescence, and thus, it is an important treatment target for subsequent interventions. To date, several parent-implemented interventions have been done in FXS across a broad age range (2-17-year-olds) all showing support not only that parents are successful in learning responsive strategies but also that there are subsequent impacts to child language development. Moreover, these interventions were successfully implemented at a distance through telehealth procedures including video teleconferencing and shared recordings of parent-child interactions. This review also addresses potential moderators of treatment gains. Implications for scaling such interventions in the future as well as best practices for incorporating telehealth procedures into future research and intervention programs are also discussed.
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- Lauren Bullard
- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, California.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, California
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, California.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, California
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Del Hoyo Soriano L, Rosser TC, Hamilton DR, Harvey DJ, Abbeduto L, Sherman SL. Relationship between Apgar scores and long-term cognitive outcomes in individuals with Down syndrome. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12707. [PMID: 34135349 PMCID: PMC8208985 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90651-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study examined the contribution of the Apgar score at 1 and 5 min after birth to later cognitive functioning in 168 individuals with Down syndrome who were between 6 and 25 years of age at time of cognitive testing. Our results showed that a lower Apgar score at 1 min was related to a worse performance in later cognitive measures of receptive vocabulary, verbal comprehension and production, visual memory and working memory. Results also showed that a lower Apgar score at 5 min was only related to worse later outcomes of verbal comprehension and production and auditory working memory. Our findings suggest a need for future studies investigating how specific perinatal events reflected in the Apgar score are linked to later cognitive functioning in individuals with Down syndrome.
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- Laura Del Hoyo Soriano
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Hendrix JA, Amon A, Abbeduto L, Agiovlasitis S, Alsaied T, Anderson HA, Bain LJ, Baumer N, Bhattacharyya A, Bogunovic D, Botteron KN, Capone G, Chandan P, Chase I, Chicoine B, Cieuta-Walti C, DeRuisseau LR, Durand S, Esbensen A, Fortea J, Giménez S, Granholm AC, Hahn LJ, Head E, Hillerstrom H, Jacola LM, Janicki MP, Jasien JM, Kamer AR, Kent RD, Khor B, Lawrence JB, Lemonnier C, Lewanda AF, Mobley W, Moore PE, Nelson LP, Oreskovic NM, Osorio RS, Patterson D, Rasmussen SA, Reeves RH, Roizen N, Santoro S, Sherman SL, Talib N, Tapia IE, Walsh KM, Warren SF, White AN, Wong GW, Yi JS. Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations in down syndrome research. Transl Sci Rare Dis 2021; 5:99-129. [PMID: 34268067 PMCID: PMC8279178 DOI: 10.3233/trd-200090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent advances in medical care have increased life expectancy and improved the quality of life for people with Down syndrome (DS). These advances are the result of both pre-clinical and clinical research but much about DS is still poorly understood. In 2020, the NIH announced their plan to update their DS research plan and requested input from the scientific and advocacy community. OBJECTIVE The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) and the LuMind IDSC Foundation worked together with scientific and medical experts to develop recommendations for the NIH research plan. METHODS NDSS and LuMind IDSC assembled over 50 experts across multiple disciplines and organized them in eleven working groups focused on specific issues for people with DS. RESULTS This review article summarizes the research gaps and recommendations that have the potential to improve the health and quality of life for people with DS within the next decade. CONCLUSIONS This review highlights many of the scientific gaps that exist in DS research. Based on these gaps, a multidisciplinary group of DS experts has made recommendations to advance DS research. This paper may also aid policymakers and the DS community to build a comprehensive national DS research strategy.
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- Deceased. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Heart Institute Department of Pediatrics Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Down Syndrome Program, Developmental Medicine Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY; Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center, Park Ridge, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine & Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Barcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain; Sant Pau Memory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Center of Biomedical Investigation Network for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, New York University, College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Benaroy Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Children s National Rare Disease Institute, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC., USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Brain Health, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
- Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA; Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL; Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UH/Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Down Syndrome Program, Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Sleep Center, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Neuro-epidemiology, Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Institute for Life Span Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Thurman AJ, Edgin JO, Sherman SL, Sterling A, McDuffie A, Berry-Kravis E, Hamilton D, Abbeduto L. Spoken language outcome measures for treatment studies in Down syndrome: feasibility, practice effects, test-retest reliability, and construct validity of variables generated from expressive language sampling. J Neurodev Disord 2021; 13:13. [PMID: 33827417 PMCID: PMC8028777 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-021-09361-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate expressive language sampling (ELS) as a procedure for generating spoken language outcome measures for treatment research in Down syndrome (DS). We addressed (a) feasibility, (b) practice effects across two short-term administrations, (c) test-retest reliability across two short-term administrations, (d) convergent and discriminant construct validity, and (e) considered comparisons across the conversation and narration contexts. METHOD Participants were 107 individuals with DS between 6 and 23 years of age who presented with intellectual disability (IQ < 70). The utility of ELS procedures designed to collect samples of spoken language in conversation and narration were evaluated separately. Variables of talkativeness, vocabulary, syntax, utterance planning, and articulation quality, derived from transcripts segmented into C-units (i.e., an independent clause and its modifiers), were considered. A 4-week interval was used to assess practice effects and test-retest reliability. Standardized direct assessments and informant report measures were collected to evaluate construct validity of the ELS variables. RESULTS Low rates of noncompliance were observed; youth who were under 12 years of age, had phrase-level speech or less, and had a 4-year-old developmental level or less were at particular risk for experiencing difficulty completing the ELS procedures. Minimal practice effects and strong test-retest reliability across the 4-week test-retest interval was observed. The vocabulary, syntax, and speech intelligibility variables demonstrated strong convergent and discriminant validity. Although significant correlations were found between the variables derived from both the conversation and narration contexts, some differences were noted. CONCLUSION The ELS procedures considered were feasible and yielded variables with adequate psychometric properties for most individuals with DS between 6 and 23 years old. That said, studies of outcome measures appropriate for individuals with DS with more limited spoken language skills are needed. Context differences were observed in ELS variables suggest that comprehensive evaluation of expressive language is likely best obtained when utilizing both contexts.
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- Angela John Thurman
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Waisman Center and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences and Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Bullard L, Harvey D, Abbeduto L. Maternal Mental Health and Parenting Stress and Their Relationships to Characteristics of the Child With Fragile X Syndrome. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:716585. [PMID: 34899411 PMCID: PMC8651564 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.716585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Although previous research supports the notion that characteristics of both the child and the mother impact maternal well-being and parenting stress in mothers of children with FXS, more work is needed in which self-report measures are supplemented by physiological measures of stress and well-being. The inclusion of physiological measures, such as heart rate variability (HRV), may provide a window into the biological origins and consequences of maternal perceptions of their experiences, including the challenges of raising a child with developmental challenges. The proposed project, therefore, involved the collection of multimodal assessment data from mothers and their school-aged children with FXS. Further, given the importance of understanding how mothers of youth with FXS are faring in their everyday environment, the present study collected all data using telehealth procedures and wearable technology. Participants were 20 biological mothers and their children with FXS between the ages of 6 and 11 years. We measured maternal mental health and parenting stress through self-report as well as through HRV as a more objective measure of psychological well-being. We also examined the associations between these variables and child characteristics such as externalizing and internalizing behaviors as well as autism symptomatology. We found significant support for an elevated rate of depressive symptoms in the sample of mothers (35%) and some potential indicators for heightened rates of anxiety (15%) when compared to normed samples and rates in the general population. We also found that the mothers presented with an atypical HRV profile akin to those experiencing depression or chronic stress, although limitations of the present measure suggest the need for additional confirmatory research. Further, we found that child externalizing behaviors were the primary correlates of maternal well-being. These findings contribute to the growing body of literature regarding the unique challenges faced by these mother-child dyads and supports the importance of increasing the availability of services available to these mothers, not only for meeting the needs of their children's development and behavior, but in supporting their own well-being as well.
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- Lauren Bullard
- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- MIND Institute, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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Sotelo-Orozco J, Abbeduto L, Hertz-Picciotto I, Slupsky CM. Association Between Plasma Metabolites and Psychometric Scores Among Children With Developmental Disabilities: Investigating Sex-Differences. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:579538. [PMID: 33414730 PMCID: PMC7783080 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.579538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background: Developmental disabilities are defined by delays in learning, language, and behavior, yet growing evidence has revealed disturbances in metabolic systems that may also be present. Little is known about whether these metabolic issues contribute to the symptoms or severity of these disabilities, or whether sex plays a role in these associations, given that boys are disproportionately affected by some developmental disabilities. Here we sought to investigate the correlation between psychometric scores, sex, and the plasma metabolome. Methods: The plasma metabolomes of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n = 167), idiopathic developmental delay (i-DD; n = 51), Down syndrome (DS; n = 31), and typically developing controls (TD; n = 193) were investigated using NMR spectroscopy. Spearman rank correlations and multiple linear regression models (adjusted for child's neurodevelopmental diagnosis, child's sex, child's age, child's race/ethnicity, maternal age at child's birth, and parental homeownership) were used to examine the association between plasma metabolites and sex in relation to psychometric measures of cognitive skills, adaptive behavior, and maladaptive behavior in our study population. Results: Higher levels of metabolites involved in cellular energy and mitochondrial function among children with ASD (fumarate and cis-aconitate), DS (lactate), and TD (pyruvate) are associated with poorer cognitive and adaptive subscales. Similarly, higher o-acetylcarnitine associated with deficits in cognitive subscales among all DS cases and TD boys, and carnitine correlated with increased maladaptive behavior among girls with ASD and girls with DS. Among children with DS, elevated myo-inositol, ornithine, and creatine correlated with poorer scores across several subscales. Even among TD cases, elevated 3-hydroxybutyrate correlated with decreased receptive language. In contrast, higher levels of glutamate were associated with better socialization skills among ASD cases. Even after adjusting for the child's neurodevelopmental diagnosis, sex, and other possible confounders, key metabolites including glycolysis metabolites (lactate and pyruvate), ketone bodies (3-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate), TCA cycle metabolites (cis-aconitate and fumarate), as well as ornithine were associated with deficits in multiple domains of cognitive function, adaptive skills, and aberrant behaviors. Conclusions: Our results highlight that some plasma metabolites may relate to specific functional subdomains within cognitive, adaptive, and behavioral development with some variation by diagnosis and sex.
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- Jennie Sotelo-Orozco
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
- MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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Yu PK, Jayawardena ADL, Stenerson M, Pulsifer MB, Grieco JA, Abbeduto L, Dedhia RC, Soose RJ, Tobey A, Raol N, Ishman SL, Shott SR, Cohen MS, Skotko BG, Kinane TB, Keamy DG, Hartnick CJ. Redefining Success by Focusing on Failures After Pediatric Hypoglossal Stimulation in Down Syndrome. Laryngoscope 2020; 131:1663-1669. [PMID: 33264427 DOI: 10.1002/lary.29290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Patients with Down syndrome have a high incidence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and limited treatment options. Hypoglossal stimulation has shown efficacy but has not yet been approved for pediatric populations. Our objective is to characterize the therapy response of adolescent patients with down syndrome and severe OSA who underwent hypoglossal stimulation. STUDY DESIGN Prospective longitudinal trial. METHODS We are conducting a multicenter single-arm trial of hypoglossal stimulation for adolescent patients with Down syndrome and severe OSA. Interim analysis was performed to compare objective sleep and quality of life outcomes at 12 months postoperatively for the first 20 patients. RESULTS The mean age was 15.5 and baseline AHI 24.2. Of the 20 patients, two patients (10.0%) had an AHI under 1.5 at 12 months; nine patients of 20 (45.0%) under five; and 15 patients of 20 (75.0%) under 10. The mean decrease in AHI was 15.1 (P < .001). Patients with postoperative AHI over five had an average baseline OSA-18 survey score of 3.5 with an average improvement of 1.7 (P = .002); in addition, six of these patients had a relative decrease of apneas compared to hypopneas and seven had an improvement in percentage of time with oxygen saturation below 90%. CONCLUSIONS Patients with persistently elevated AHI 12 months after hypoglossal implantation experienced improvement in polysomnographic and quality of life outcomes. These results suggest the need for a closer look at physiologic markers for success beyond reporting AHI as the gold standard. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4 Laryngoscope, 131:1663-1669, 2021.
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- Phoebe K Yu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, U.S.A
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- CPAP Alternatives Clinic and Division of Sleep Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Division of Sleep Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Division of Sleep Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.,Down Syndrome Program, Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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Abbeduto L. Presidential Address, 2020-Using Technology to Deliver Services and Supports in Homes, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Evidence and Promise. Intellect Dev Disabil 2020; 58:525-531. [PMID: 33290532 PMCID: PMC7773138 DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-58.6.525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Kelleher BL, Halligan T, Witthuhn N, Neo WS, Hamrick L, Abbeduto L. Bringing the Laboratory Home: PANDABox Telehealth-Based Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Risk in Children. Front Psychol 2020; 11:1634. [PMID: 32849001 PMCID: PMC7399221 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Advances in clinical trials have revealed a pressing need for outcome measures appropriate for children with neurogenetic syndromes (NGS). However, the field lacks a standardized, flexible protocol for collecting laboratory-grade experimental data remotely. To address this challenge, we developed PANDABox (Parent-Administered Neurodevelopmental Assessment), a caregiver-facilitated, remotely administered assessment protocol for collecting integrated and high quality clinical, behavioral, and spectral data relevant to a wide array of research questions. Here, we describe PANDABox development and report preliminary data regarding: (1) logistics and cost, (2) caregiver fidelity and satisfaction, and (3) data quality. Methods We administered PANDABox to a cohort of 16 geographically diverse caregivers and their infants with Down syndrome. Tasks assessed attention, language, motor, and atypical behaviors. Behavioral and physiological data were synchronized and coded offline by trained research assistants. Results PANDABox required low resources to administer and was well received by families, with high caregiver fidelity (94%) and infant engagement (91%), as well as high caregiver-reported satisfaction (97% positive). Missing data rates were low for video frames (3%) and vocalization recordings (6%) but were higher for heart rate (25% fully missing and 13% partially missing) and discrete behavioral presses (8% technical issues and 19% not enough codable behavior), reflecting the increased technical demands for these activities. Conclusion With further development, low-cost laboratory-grade research protocols may be remotely administered by caregivers in the family home, opening a new frontier for cost-efficient, scalable assessment studies for children with NGS other neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Bridgette L Kelleher
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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