Nonverbal communication tasks

The Early Social Communication Scales (ESCS) measures a child's non-verbal communication skills (responding to, or eliciting: shared attention, social interaction and behavioral requests). The ESCS consists of several short tasks that together measure these behaviors. Most tasks are repeated, sometimes with small variations (for example, with different toys).

In RADAR, the activities included displaying objects (toy hammer, blue elephant, music box, balloon, spinning top, elephant tumbler, turn-taking (ball, car), social interaction (sing song) + social imitation of clapping), gaze following (poster pointing), response to invitation (glassses, hat, comb), book presentation, and the plastic jar task.

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  • Third Generation

  • G3 - T2
  •   CC
    24 months - 32 months   From 2015-01-01 (ongoing)

    Mode of collection Observation
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Nonverbal communication tasks
    Measure name Joint attention, behavioral requests, imitation, social interaction from Early Social Communication Scales (ESCS Mundy et al., 2003)
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