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Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome
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 Do...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8918277/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35279072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-022-09430-4 |
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author | Schworer, Emily K. Esbensen, Anna J. Nguyen, Vivian Bullard, Lauren Fidler, Deborah J. Daunhauer, Lisa A. Mervis, Carolyn B. Becerra, Angela M. Abbeduto, Leonard Thurman, Angela John |
author_facet | Schworer, Emily K. Esbensen, Anna J. Nguyen, Vivian Bullard, Lauren Fidler, Deborah J. Daunhauer, Lisa A. Mervis, Carolyn B. Becerra, Angela M. Abbeduto, Leonard Thurman, Angela John |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-89182772022-03-16 Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome Schworer, Emily K. Esbensen, Anna J. Nguyen, Vivian Bullard, Lauren Fidler, Deborah J. Daunhauer, Lisa A. Mervis, Carolyn B. Becerra, Angela M. Abbeduto, Leonard Thurman, Angela John J Neurodev Disord Research 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. BioMed Central 2022-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8918277/ /pubmed/35279072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-022-09430-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Schworer, Emily K. Esbensen, Anna J. Nguyen, Vivian Bullard, Lauren Fidler, Deborah J. Daunhauer, Lisa A. Mervis, Carolyn B. Becerra, Angela M. Abbeduto, Leonard Thurman, Angela John Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome |
title | Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome |
title_full | Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome |
title_fullStr | Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome |
title_short | Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome |
title_sort | patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with down syndrome |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8918277/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35279072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-022-09430-4 |
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