Measuring Changes in Social Communication Behaviors: Preliminary Development of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC)
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- 9 April 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Vol. 46 (7), 2464-2479
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2782-9
Abstract
Psychometric properties and initial validity of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC), a measure of treatment-response for social-communication behaviors, are described. The BOSCC coding scheme is applied to 177 video observations of 56 young children with ASD and minimal language abilities. The BOSCC has high to excellent inter-rater and test–retest reliability and shows convergent validity with measures of language and communication skills. The BOSCC Core total demonstrates statistically significant amounts of change over time compared to a no change alternative while the ADOS CSS over the same period of time did not. This work is a first step in the development of a novel outcome measure for social-communication behaviors with applications to clinical trials and longitudinal studies.Keywords
Funding Information
- Autism Speaks (9650, 5766)
- Weill Cornell Medical College & Teachers College Columbia University
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH081757, 1RC1MH089721, R01RFAMH14100, R01MH078165)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (UA3MC11055)
- Marilyn & James Simons Family Giving
- National Institutes of Health (5T32MH016434-35)
- National Institute for Health Research
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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