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The Social Communication Assessment for Toddlers with Autism ( SCATA ) : an instrument to measure the frequency , form and function of communication in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder . The Social Communication Assessment for Toddlers with Autism ( SCATA ) was designed to measure non-verbal communication , including early and atypical communication , in young children with autism spectrum disorder . Each communicative act is scored according to its form , function , role and complexity . The SCATA was used to measure communicative ability longitudinally in two samples of toddlers with autism spectrum disorder . Overall frequency of non-verbal communicative acts did not change between the two assessments . However , the form and complexity , the function and the role the child took in the interaction did change with time . Both frequency and function of communicative acts in toddlerhood were positively associated with later language ability : social acts , comments and initiations showed greater predictive association than requests and responses .
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Social Communication Assessment for Toddlers with Autism ( SCATA )
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Social Communication Assessment for Toddlers with Autism ( SCATA )
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SCATA
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frequency
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function of communication
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non-verbal communication , including early and atypical communication
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Overall frequency of non-verbal communicative acts
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form and complexity , the function and the role
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frequency and function of communicative acts
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later language ability : social acts , comments and initiations