Development of socio-communicative skills in 9- to 12-month-old individuals with fragile X syndrome

Peter B. Marschik; Katrin D. Bartl-Pokorny; Jeff Sigafoos; Leo Urlesberger; Florian Pokorny; Robert Didden; Christa Einspieler; Walter E. Kaufmann

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2014.01.004

Development of socio-communicative skills in 9- to 12-month-old individuals with fragile X syndrome

Peter B. Marschik, Katrin D. Bartl-Pokorny, Jeff Sigafoos, Leo Urlesberger, Florian Pokorny, Robert Didden, Christa Einspieler, Walter E. Kaufmann

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Abstract

We investigated the early socio-communicative development of individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) by undertaking a retrospective analysis of family videos. Videos were analyzed to identify existing communicative forms and functions. Analyses were undertaken on seven children who were later diagnosed with FXS. The children were filmed when they were 9-12 months old and before being diagnosed. Fourteen different communicative forms and six different communicative functions were observed. All participants were observed to express the functions of 'Attention to self' and 'Answering', but none indicated 'Requesting action', 'Requesting information', 'Choice making', or 'Imitating'. Results suggest that children with FXS may have a limited range of communicative forms and functions when they are from 9 to 12 months of age. However, further research is necessary to gain a specific developmental profile of socio-communicative forms and functions in FXS.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	597-602
Number of pages	6
Journal	Research in Developmental Disabilities
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.01.004
State	Published - Mar 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Communication impairment
Fragile X syndrome
Home videos
Socio-communicative development
Speech-language development
Video analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Clinical Psychology

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