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{"title":"\"I'm Never Gonna Go Back So I've Gotta Do It Forward\": Exploring Posttraumatic Growth in Aphasia.","authors":"Tyson G Harmon, Camille Williams, Tami Brancamp, Trish Hambridge, Sarah E Wallace, William Evans, Michael Biel, Robert Cavanaugh, Mike Caputo","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00351","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this study was to explore posttraumatic growth (PTG) in people with aphasia.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>As part of a larger multisite study, 23 people with aphasia (12 females, 11 males) each completed a 60-min semistructured interview during which they expanded on previously given questionnaire responses and then answered five additional open-ended questions about communication in their daily life. Interviews were transcribed orthographically, coded using reflexive codebook analysis, and synthesized into themes and categories by team members that included a person with aphasia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Reflexive codebook analysis revealed two themes. The first theme, \"Moving Toward Growth\" described the process of PTG, which included categories of \"Grappling With New Reality,\" \"Acceptance,\" \"Goals and Effort,\" and \"Improvement.\" The second theme identified \"Perceived Areas of Growth,\" which included categories of \"Perception of Self,\" \"Relatedness,\" and \"General Philosophy of Life.\"</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that people with aphasia experience PTG across all three primary domains: (a) changed perception of self, (b) changed relationship with others, and (c) changed general philosophy of life and that the challenging circumstances associated with aphasia were integral to the development of PTG. Findings also highlight that PTG does not necessarily develop in a linear trajectory for people with aphasia and that processes such as acceptance, exerting effort, striving for continued improvement, and slowing down may contribute to the overall development of PTG in this population. Overall, the construct of PTG is relevant to people with aphasia, and the process by which PTG is developed in people with aphasia involves similar components to what has been described in other populations.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.28394993.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"766-781"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143460326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feeding Infants on Noninvasive Respiratory Support: Practice at One Academic Medical Center.","authors":"Carolyn K Barnes, Kit N Simpson, Janina Wilmskoetter, Mary Dooley, Heather S Bonilha","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00302","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Infants requiring noninvasive respiratory support (NRS) are often orally fed, although data supporting the safety and efficacy of this practice are limited. This study aimed to identify the rate of this practice, the amount of support received during oral feeding, and characteristics of infants orally fed during NRS use; describe feeding expert involvement; and assess change from before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Retrospective electronic health record data from one children's hospital were extracted and manually reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results for 201 infants who required NRS during hospitalization in 2019 (<i>n</i> = 100) and 2022 (<i>n</i> = 101) were included, of which 91 (45.3%) were orally fed during NRS use. Of these, 33 were fed on high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) with a mean flow rate of 2.75 L per minute (<i>SD</i> = 2.2, <i>Mdn</i> = 2 [min-max: 2-14]) and mean fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO₂) of 0.47 (<i>SD</i> = 0.31, <i>Mdn</i> = 0.30 [min-max: 0.21-1.0]). Thirty-seven feeding specialist consults were placed for infants fed during NRS use. Factors increasing odds of oral feeding during NRS use included not having a dysphagia or feeding difficulty diagnosis. Infants admitted during 2022 were more likely to have a respiratory diagnosis than in 2019 and were more likely to be orally fed during HFNC (50.0% [<i>n</i> = 25/50] in 2022 vs. 20.5% [<i>n</i> = 8/39] in 2019).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results suggest that feeding infants on NRS is common, that some infants are more likely to be orally fed than others, and that feeding experts are rarely consulted in this population despite limited safety and efficacy data related to this practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"617-632"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11903017/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143442460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the Stability of Communicative Participation and Level of Daily Speech Usage Among Individuals With Hypophonia and Parkinson's Disease.","authors":"Allyson D Page, Cynthia Mancinelli, Julie Theurer, Mandar Jog, Scott G Adams","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This exploratory study evaluated the test-retest stability of three participation-based patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) rated by individuals with Parkinson's disease (IWPD), primary communication partners (PCPs) serving as proxy raters, and control participants over three study visits spanning approximately 1 month.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Twenty-three IWPD and hypophonia, 23 PCPs, and 30 control participants attended three non-intervention experimental visits. During each visit, all participants completed three participation-based PROMs: Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB), Voice Activity and Participation Profile (VAPP), and Levels of Speech Usage Scale (LSUS). Proxy ratings for each PROM were completed by PCPs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results indicated significant differences between IWPD and control participants on all PROMs. IWPD exhibited lower scores on the CPIB and LSUS and higher scores on the VAPP compared to control participants. There was relative agreement in ratings between IWPD and their PCPs on all PROMs. Finally, there were relatively stable test-retest scores on all three PROMs over the three study visits, both within and between IWPD and PCPs. An exception was a statistically, but not clinically significant, decrease in CPIB scores between Visit 1 and Visit 3 for IWPD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study has contributed to our understanding of the measurement properties of the CPIB, VAPP, and LSUS related to the test-retest stability of these measures over three time points in IWPD, proxy raters, and control participants. These findings provide additional context in the interpretation of participation-based PROMs in this clinical population and may prove to be useful in interpreting changes to participation-based PROM scores.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143598312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool: Emerging Roles for Speech-Language Pathologists With a Clinical Focus on Children With Traumatic Brain Injury.","authors":"Libby Dart","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00346","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this clinical focus article is to describe the use of the Accountable Health Communities health-related social needs screening tool for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) while highlighting two case studies of children with traumatic brain injury.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This article provides an overview of social determinants of health (SDOH) and health-related social needs with a primary focus on children with traumatic brain injury. It aims to inform and prepare clinicians to use a health-related social needs screening tool, as they can be directly addressed and mitigated with adequate community resources.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SLPs are in the unique position to consider and understand their clients' SDOH, providing support or referral as needed if there are areas of social need or social risk factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SLPs could screen for health-related social needs by using the Accountable Health Communities health-related social needs screening tool subsequently advocating for patient-centered, holistic care. SLPs could individualize best care practice for their patients by engaging in interprofessional practice, making appropriate assessment and treatment modifications, and referring to related professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"438-445"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143411067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mandarin Chinese Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Caregiver Analysis of Reported Experiences With Swallowing Disorders Screening Tool.","authors":"Lancai Zhao, Sihan Li, Yufeng Qiu, Xueqiong Zhu, Jing Shao, Huafang Zhang","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00492","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00492","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The caregiver burden of individuals with dysphagia is a major concern. Currently, assessment tools specifically designed for this population are lacking. The present study aimed to translate the Caregiver Analysis of Reported Experiences with Swallowing Disorders (CARES) Questionnaire into Mandarin Chinese and evaluate its psychometric properties.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study analyzed the psychometric properties of the Mandarin Chinese version of the CARES questionnaire using classical measurement theory and Rasch model analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Classical measurement theory: The item-level content validity index of the Mandarin Chinese version of the CARES questionnaire ranged from .83 to 1.00, and the scale-level content validity index ranged from .93 to .95. The correlation coefficient between the total scores, subscale scores of the CARES questionnaire, and Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview scores was between .82 and .87 (<i>p</i> < .01). There were significant relationships between dysphagia-specific burden (CARES) and perceived swallowing impairment (Eating Assessment Tool-10) and diet restrictiveness (International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Functional Diet Scale). The overall Cronbach's α coefficient of the Mandarin Chinese version of the CARES questionnaire was .81. Item response theory: The Mandarin Chinese version of the CARES questionnaire was unidimensional. The item difficulty and individual ability were evenly distributed. The total item reliability was .96, the person reliability was .79, the item separation index was 4.95, and the person separation index was 1.93.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Mandarin Chinese version of the CARES questionnaire demonstrates satisfactory reliability and validity and can be utilized as a specific assessment tool for evaluating the informal caregiver burden of individuals with dysphagia.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":"34 2","pages":"505-519"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Value Added by Assessing Nonspoken Vocabulary in Minimally Speaking Autistic Children.","authors":"Angela MacDonald-Prégent, Lauren McGuinness, Aparna Nadig","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00290","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00290","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>There is a scarcity of language assessment tools properly adapted for use with minimally speaking autistic children. As these children often use nonspoken methods of communication (i.e., augmentative and alternative communication [AAC]), modification of traditional assessment tools is needed to capture the full range of their communicative repertoires. We modified the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) to explore how vocabulary size and composition are impacted by considering nonspoken, as well as spoken, expressive vocabulary (AAC-modified CDI: Words and Gestures).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Our initial sample consisted of 16 minimally speaking autistic children, 3-9 years old, whose caregivers completed our modified CDI after taking part in an AAC intervention. Our final sample included 15 participants, after removing an outlier.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Accounting for both spoken and nonspoken communication significantly increased participants' reported expressive vocabulary by an average of 14 words (<i>z =</i> -2.61, <i>p</i> = .009, <i>r</i> = .75). Verbs made up a sizable portion (13.3%) of vocabulary when accounting for all modalities, while nouns made up the majority (51.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We demonstrated the value of including both spoken and nonspoken modalities of communication when assessing the expressive vocabulary of minimally speaking autistic children. Prior work has shown that minimally speaking autistic children's spoken vocabulary was prominent in verbs (i.e., contained proportionally more verbs than that of vocabulary-matched typically developing children). In our sample, which used a broader definition of minimally speaking, we found that the proportions of verbs and nouns were consistent with what has been reported for typically developing children with similar-sized productive vocabularies.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"592-604"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143034646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Speech-Language Pathologists' Experiences Working With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Rachel L Sinclair, Erinn H Finke, Lin Wu","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00185","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00185","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Evidence-based practices (EBPs) use evidence (external and internal), clinician expertise, and client/caregiver perspectives to deliver effective, individualized care. Each component of EBP is highly relevant and most effective when implemented together. Families with cultural or linguistic backgrounds different from the mainstream experience inequitable treatment across all disciplines. As the United States' population becomes increasingly diverse, it is paramount for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to obtain education and support to provide evidence-based, culturally responsive care.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study conducted a scoping review to determine what is known regarding SLPs' perspectives and experiences working with families or children with different cultural or linguistic backgrounds. Articles were included if they (a) contained empirical novel data, were available in English, were peer-reviewed, and were published; (b) included experiences of SLPs who self-reported that they work with children and/or families with cultural and/or linguistic backgrounds different from themselves or the regional mainstream; and (c) reported effects of cultural or linguistic difference on SLP service provision.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results indicated that SLPs encounter many barriers but often exhibit culturally responsive clinical decision making through the consideration of evidence (external and internal) and their clinical expertise and opinion. Multiple strategies for increasing culturally responsive care and areas that would benefit from further research and systemic change were identified.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Barriers and solutions to culturally responsive care represented two areas of needed change: personal and within system. Though not all change may occur immediately, the present study offers suggested solutions for SLPs to implement in their clinical practice for increased culturally responsive care.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.28119836.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"908-930"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender Imbalance in Citation Practices in Communication Sciences and Disorders Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Erin L Meier, Sophie Kajfez, Camille Zaman, Grace Haskell, Leanna Ugent, Gengchen Wei, Shannon M Sheppard","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00321","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00321","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Despite recent advances, gender inequality remains a major concern within the workforce. One manifestation of gender inequality in academia is the undercitation of women-authored compared to men-authored papers that is thought to reflect implicit biases and has important implications for the academic advancement for research-intensive female faculty. These studies largely stem from male-dominant professions. Thus, in this study, we investigated gendered citation practices within communication sciences and disorders (CSD), a female-dominant discipline. We also examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as an exogenous driver of short-term change in publication and citation practices in CSD.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using methods from Dworkin et al. (2020), we characterized expected versus actual man first/man last-authored (MM), man first/woman last-authored (MW), woman first/man last-authored (WM), and woman first/woman last-authored (WW) articles published within a 24-year time span in the four American Speech-Language-Hearing Association journals. We compared gendered publication and citation practices in the 10 years before (2010-2019) to during (August 2020-November 2022) the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across journals, we found WW publications increased while MM publications decreased from 1998 to 2022. We found a pattern of overcitation of WW papers and undercitation of MM papers, which was driven primarily by the citation practices of WM and WW teams. These citation trends were found for the years before and during the pandemic and remained when controlling for relevant paper characteristics and author and paper network variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Consistent with our predictions, we found gender-based citation imbalances that aligned with the gender distributions of CSD, like other fields. The findings align with the notion of homophily (i.e., like attracts like). We review the findings within the context of citation research from other fields as well as discuss the larger implications of these patterns for professional practices in CSD.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"571-591"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142985192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Teletraining to Teach Communication Partners to Support Students With Multiple Disabilities Including Cortical Visual Impairment and Emerging Symbolic Communication in Communicating Choices.","authors":"Tara V McCarty, Janice C Light","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00146","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00146","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of the current study was to investigate the impact of a teletraining to teach adult communication partners the \"Communicating Choices-Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)\" strategy to support participation for students with multiple disabilities.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A nonconcurrent, multiple-probe, across-participants design was implemented with four adult communication partner (i.e., speech-language pathologist, paraeducators, and parent) and student dyads to determine the effects of a teletraining administered over a video-calling platform on the partner's implementation of the substeps from the Communicating Choice-CVI strategy. Dyads completed a randomly predetermined number of baseline sessions, two teletraining sessions to instruct the partners in the strategy, and five intervention probes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results of the study indicated that communication partners successfully implemented an increased number of the strategy substeps following two short teletraining sessions and that all students communicated choices in every opportunity when they were provided with a structured opportunity. Communication partners reported that the strategy was successful for the students and that the strategy could be applied to other contexts or students.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provides evidence for the importance of communication partner training for students with complex needs in domains such as vision and communication. Furthermore, the Communicating Choices-CVI strategy may lead to increased opportunities for academic participation, social engagement, and self-determination for students whose opportunities to take on active roles in educational settings are often severely restricted.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.28108139.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"487-504"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142957567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Autistic Traits on Joint Attention in Young Children With Down Syndrome During Mother-Child and Father-Child Interactions.","authors":"Audra Sterling, Emily Lorang, Kelsey Reis, Marianne Elmquist","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00041","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Joint attention predicts later language in Down syndrome (DS) and autism. The co-occurrence of autism in children with DS is 6%-19%, which is higher than in the general population. However, little is known about how co-occurring autism in DS impacts the development of joint attention. This study compared mother-child and father-child interactions in families of children with DS. Our purpose was to investigate differences in caregiver joint-attention bids and whether caregiver and child joint attention were associated with autistic traits and receptive language in children with DS.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Fifteen children with DS (<i>M</i>_age = 39.67 months) and their biological caregivers participated in the current study. We collected mother-child and father-child interactions in participant's homes. Using Wilcoxon signed-ranks tests, we examined if there were differences in mothers' and fathers' joint attention bids and if children responded differently to their bids. We used Spearman correlations to examine the associations between child autistic traits, receptive language, and caregiver and child joint attention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that mothers initiated more joint-attention bids than fathers but did not find differences in child responsiveness or initiations based on communication partner. Mothers used more bids when children had more autistic traits. Child autistic traits were negatively correlated with child responsiveness to father joint-attention bids. Children with more autistic traits produced fewer joint-attention bids with both caregivers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest mothers and fathers may use differing approaches to support their child's language development. Regardless of communication partner, children with more autistic traits engaged in fewer instances of joint attention.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"834-844"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11902994/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142957569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}