Developmental Functioning of Infants and Toddlers with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

ABSTRACT

Purpose

The current study aimed to investigate developmental functioning in infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), seizures, cerebral palsy (CP), and atypical development.

Methods

An ANOVA was utilized to investigate the differences between neurodevelopmental group on BDI-2 developmental quotient and a MANOVA was used to investigate the differences between the groups and five developmental domains.

Results

The results indicated statistically significant differences in overall developmental functioning and each subdomain of the BDI-2.

Discussion

These findings provide the basis for further research to investigate comorbidities of the three neurodevelopmental disorders and parse out the impact of intellectual disability (ID).

KEYWORDS:

• Developmental functioning
• autism spectrum disorder
• cerebral palsy
• seizures

Disclosure Statement

Mrs. Deann Matson, Dr. Johnny Matson’s spouse is the sole owner of the Baby and Infant Screen for Children with aUtIsm Traits (BISCIT) and sells the scale. Megan Callahan and Celeste Tevis declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Additional information

Funding

The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.