A5045005376- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Language Development and Disorders
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Language and cultural evolution
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychology of Development and Education
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Educational Methods and Impacts
- Community Health and Development
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Social Media and Politics
Boston University
2018-2024
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
2018-2024
New Bulgarian University
2022-2024
Google (United States)
2020
Abstract Older children with online schooling requirements, unsurprisingly, were reported to have increased screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in many countries. Here, we ask whether younger no similar requirements also had lockdown. We examined children’s a large cohort (n = 2209) of 8-to-36-month-olds sampled from 15 labs across 12 Caregivers that toddlers exposed more than before While this was exacerbated for countries longer lockdowns, there evidence increase associated...
Culture is a key determinant of children's development both in its own right and as measure generalizability developmental phenomena. Studying the role culture requires information about participants' demographic backgrounds. However, reporting treatment data are limited inconsistent child research. A barrier to consistent fashion that no standardized tool currently exists collect these data. Variation cultural expectations, family structures, life circumstances across communities make...
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting closure of daycare centers worldwide, led to unprecedented changes in children’s learning environments. This period increased time at home with caregivers, limited access external sources (e.g., daycares) provides a unique opportunity examine associations between caregiver-child activities language development. vocabularies 1742 children aged 8-36 months across 13 countries 12 languages were evaluated beginning end first lockdown their respective...
Abstract Expressive language and communication are among the key targets of interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), natural samples provide an optimal approach their assessment. Currently, there no protocols collecting such that cover a wide range ages or abilities, particularly children/adolescents who have very limited spoken language. We introduce new protocol samples, eliciting analysis (ELSA), novel deriving basic measures verbal communicative competence from...
Past research has provided mixed evidence of the nature and difficulty with personal pronouns children autism spectrum disorder. No study to date examined person-reference in autism, more broadly, by looking at referential language both terms who is being referred (self vs. other) how (words shifting reference: pronouns, fixed names nouns). Furthermore, role linguistic input specifically domain not been investigated before. We collected natural samples from parent-child interactions (N = 38;...
Purpose We aimed to compare the speech of parents and examiners as they elicited language samples from minimally low-verbal (MLV) children adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), while following same semi-structured elicitation protocol, Eliciting Language Samples for Analysis–Adolescents (ELSA-A). also compared MLV children/adolescents by their at home trained in lab assessed feasibility collecting home. Method Thirty-three (five female, 28 male) ASD between ages 6;6 19;7...
Abstract Background Parental input plays a central role in typical language acquisition and development. In autism spectrum disorder (ASD), characterized by social communicative difficulties, parental presents an important avenue for investigation as target intervention. A rich body of literature has identified which aspects grammatical complexity lexical diversity are most associated with child ability both development autism. Yet, the majority these studies conducted English‐speaking...
Culture is a key determinant of children’s development both in its own right and for understanding the generalizability developmental phenomena. Studying role culture requires information about participants’ demographic backgrounds. However, reporting treatment data are limited inconsistent child research. A barrier to consistent fashion that no standardized tool currently exists collect these data. Variation cultural expectations, family structures, life circumstances across communities...
This study examined children’s screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in a large cohort (n=2209) of 8-to-36-month-olds sampled from 15 labs across 12 countries. The sample was largely balanced by sex, though most participants were majority White. Caregivers reported that young infants and toddlers with no online schooling requirements exposed to more than before lockdown. While this exacerbated for countries longer lockdowns, there evidence increase associated demographics, e.g.,...
Currently, there are no official statistics about the number of children with developmental disorders in Bulgaria. This is first systematic investigation needs, access to services, and priorities families country.The study aims to: (1) characterize needs Bulgaria; (2) compare services Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) other neurodevelopmental (oNDD); (3) examine daily burden their caregivers how it varies based on demographic characteristics, such as income education.We used an online family...
In recent years, psychological researchers have been heavily criticized for generalizing broadly from narrow samples, a concern that intersects with questions about the validity, reproducibility, replicability, and generalizability of literature. One issue is limited reporting participants’ identities, backgrounds, lived experiences. To address this issue, several journals begun to require greater sociodemographic information. article, we both challenges considerations respect researchers,...
In recent years, psychological researchers have been heavily criticized for generalizing broadly from narrow samples, a concern that intersects with questions about the validity, reproducibility, replicability, and generalizability of literature. One issue is limited reporting participants' identities, backgrounds, lived experiences. To address this issue, several journals begun to require greater sociodemographic information. article, we both challenges considerations respect researchers,...
Abstract Instances of person-reference, in the form personal pronouns, names, or terms endearment, are frequently used child-directed speech. Examining this aspect parental input is especially relevant to children with autism, who experience difficulties person-reference. In study, we compared person-reference during parent-child interactions Bulgarian (N=37) and English-speaking parents were matched on language ability their child. significantly more pronouns refer children, while...