Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
Psychology
First Reader
Jane Roberts
Second Reader
Debra Reisinger
Abstract
This senior thesis analyzes the social communicative profiles of children at high-risk for autism compared to typically developing controls. The project focuses specifically on the differences in initiating joint attention gaze shifts and joint attention gestures at 12 months in two high-risk groups, children with fragile X syndrome and younger siblings of children already diagnosed with autism. Their frequencies of gaze shifts and gestures were also analyzed to determine whether the joint attention behaviors are indicative of later autism symptom severity at 24 months.
First Page
1
Last Page
21
Recommended Citation
Brewer, Alexis Marie, "Social Communication as an Early Indicator of Autism in High-Risk Infant Populations" (2016). Senior Theses. 78.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/78
Rights
© 2016, Alexis Marie Brewer