Brief Report: Preliminary Feasibility of the TEDI: A Novel Parent-Administered Telehealth Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms in the First Year of Life

Families with early concerns about infant symptoms of ASD have limited access to experienced professionals for screening and guidance. Telehealth has been used to reduce access disparities in other pediatric populations and has shown promise in parent-implemented interventions for ASD. We investigat...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2020-09, Vol.50 (9), p.3432-3439
Main Authors: Talbott, Meagan R., Dufek, Sarah, Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie, Bryson, Susan, Brian, Jessica, Smith, Isabel M., Rogers, Sally J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Access to Health Care
Adult
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder - diagnosis
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Brief Report
Child and School Psychology
Child Development
Communication Skills
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Feasibility
Female
First year
Humans
Infant
Infants
Interpersonal Competence
Intervention
Male
Medical examination
Medical screening
Neuropsychological Tests - standards
Neurosciences
Parents
Parents - education
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Program Effectiveness
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Public Health
Reliability
Screening Tests
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Technology application
Teleconferencing
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - methods
Telemedicine - standards
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Summary:Families with early concerns about infant symptoms of ASD have limited access to experienced professionals for screening and guidance. Telehealth has been used to reduce access disparities in other pediatric populations and has shown promise in parent-implemented interventions for ASD. We investigated the feasibility of a novel level-2 telehealth assessment of infants’ early social communication and ASD symptoms, the Telehealth Evaluation of Development for Infants (TEDI). Parents of eleven infants aged 6–12 months were coached to administer specific semi-structured behavioral probes. Initial feasibility, reliability, and acceptability benchmarks were met. These findings suggest the feasibility of screening infants via telehealth, and are supportive of further large-scale efforts to validate this method for longitudinal monitoring of symptomatic infants in community settings.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-019-04314-4