Table 3 Percentage of caregivers’ understanding in core domains of SC and RB
Domain | Understanding | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Social communication | Round 1 n (%) | Round 2 n (%) | |
1 | Responds to familiar things, e.g., when a particular song is sung, when a familiar name is mentioned | 30/33 (85%) | Removeda |
2 | Shows appropriate affection towards familiar people | 32/33 (97%) | 12 (100%) |
3 | Shows an interest in what other people are doing | 31/32 (97%) | 11/12 (92%) |
4 | Responds to attempts to initiate social interaction | 28/31 (90%) | 12/12 (100%) |
5 | Gives things to others in order to get help, e.g., brings you a box he/she can’t open | 28/30 (93%) | 12/12 (100%) |
6 | Is flexible when playing with others or taking part in social activities | 30/31 (97%) | 10/10 (100%) |
7 | Is creative or imaginative in play or other activities, e.g., make believe play or has new or original ideas | 31/31 (100%) | 11/11 (100%) |
8 | Is able to take turns in conversation, e.g., responds to and builds on what has been said, using speech or signs or gestures | 29/31 (94%) | 11/11 (100%) |
9 | Directs facial expression towards other people to communicate feelings, e.g., gives eye contact, shows emotion on face | 31/31 (100%) | 10/10 (100%) |
10 | Offers information about his/her own thoughts or feelings, e.g., able to talk or sign about what he/she is thinking and feeling | 26/26 (100%) | 11/11 (100%) |
11 | Waves ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ | 27/27 (100%) | 11/11 (100%) |
12 | Uses common gestures, e.g., nods, shakes head | 27/28 (96%) | 11/11 (100%) |
13 | Combines gestures with vocalizations to enhance communication, e.g., uses actions and words to get point across | 25/25 (100%) | 11/11 (100%) |
14 | Use tone of voice appropriately, e.g., tone changes according to what he/she is saying | 25/26 (96%) | 11/11 (100%) |
15 | Responds to other people’s emotions, e.g., notices or comments on how others are feeling | 27/27 (100%) | 10/11 (91%) |
16 | Looks when he/she is called or praised | 27/27 (100%) | 9/11 (82%) |
17 | Looks where another person is looking or pointing | 27/27 (100%) | 10/11 (91%) |
18 | Shows pleasure in shared interactions, e.g., enjoys doing things with people | 26/27 (96%) | 11/11 (100%) |
19 | Uses facial expressions that are appropriate to the situation, e.g., looks sad when someone is hurt, smiles when happy | 26/26 (100%) | 10/11 (91%) |
20 | Resists affection from familiar people | 25/26 (96%) | 11/11 (100%) |
21 | Shows inappropriate affection towards unfamiliar people, e.g., hugging people that he or she does not know | 24/25 (96%) | 11/12 (92%) |
22 | Has difficulty interacting with peers, e.g., finds it hard to make and keep friends | 24/25 (96%) | 11/12 (92%) |
23 | Says socially inappropriate things OR makes inappropriate social approaches, e.g., will tell people they have a large nose, touches or strokes clothes or body parts | 26/27 (96%) | 10/11 (91%) |
24 | Attends to parts of sentences and misinterprets whole, e.g., focus on one or two words and misses the point | 14/22 (64%) | 7/11 (64%)a |
Restrictive behaviors | |||
|---|---|---|---|
25 | Gets upset over small changes in routine | 26/26 (100%) | 12/12 (100%) |
26 | Has difficulty being flexible, e.g., has a hard time changing his/her mind | 24/24 (100%) | 12/12 (100%) |
27 | Resists trying out new things, e.g., won’t go to new places, avoids new foods | 24/24 (100%) | 12/12 (100%) |
28 | Insists on doing things the same way each time | 23/23 (100%) | 11/12 (92%) |
29 | Is fixated on certain topics or activities and unable to move on | 24/24 (100%) | 12/12 (100%) |
30 | Has an unusually narrow range of interests | 21/24 (88%) | 11/12 (92%) |
31 | Repeats /echoes what others say, e.g., immediately repeats words or phrases | 23/23 (100%) | 12/12 (100%) |