Childhood Non-verbal Communication Scale

Introduction: Nonverbal communication (NC) skills develop dramatically during the first year of life. Especially in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), inadequacies in these skills in the early period negatively affect language development later. Therefore, early recognition of ASD symptom...

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Published in:Noro-Psikiyatri Arsivi 2023-09, Vol.60 (3), p.257
Main Authors: Ozdemir, Mikail, Eroglu, Mehtap, Ozturk, Onur, Kuru, Alperen, Yaksi, Nese, Miniksar, Dilsad Yildiz, Karslioglu, Salih Zekeriya, Kir, Taha
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Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Evaluation
Health aspects
Neuropsychological tests for children
Nonverbal communication
Pediatric research
Pervasive developmental disorders
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Summary:Introduction: Nonverbal communication (NC) skills develop dramatically during the first year of life. Especially in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), inadequacies in these skills in the early period negatively affect language development later. Therefore, early recognition of ASD symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis. The test to screen ASD at the earliest age is the Modified Checklist for Autism in Young Children/M-CHAT in Turkey. However, this test can be used for 18 months or later. In the present study, we aimed to adapt the Childhood Nonverbal Communication Scale (CNCS) to Turkish, which was developed in Iran to evaluate NC skills in children from birth to 18 months and determine psychometric properties. Methods: This cross-sectional and methodological study was conducted in 3 provinces and included 323 parents of children who are normally hearing and 3-18 months old. Sociodemographic form, Ankara Development Screening Inventory, CNCS-Turkish form, and LittleEARS Auditory Questionnaire were applied. Results: CNCS Turkish form consisting of 37 questions shows a two-factor structure. The reliability coefficient of the 37-item scale is highly reliable (KR-20=0.937). It also had good convergent validity based on a significant correlation between total scores and LittleEARS results (r=0.804, P
ISSN:1300-0667