Table 3. CDI Scores across Visits.
| Visit 1 | Visit 2 | Visit 3 | Visit 4a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant Form | Toddler Form | Toddler Form | Toddler Form / CDI-III | ||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Range | Range | Range | Range | Range | |
| CDI - ASD | |||||
| Total Words Produced | 102.70 | 223.07 | 306.66 | 48.00 | 60.60 |
| (96.75) | (191.13) | (224.16) | (83.95) | (12.44) | |
| 0-258 | 0-548 | 0-580 | 0-197 | 45-74 | |
| Count-Nouns Produced | 55.35 | 120.42 | 132.92 | 24.80 | 23.60 |
| (58.14) | (102.34) | (105.05) | (12.44) | (48.33) | |
| 0-159 | 0-262 | 0-291 | 0-98 | 14-31 | |
| CDI - TYP | |||||
| Total words produced | 118.5 | 335.53 | 503.8 | 68.00 | |
| (114.4) | (159.08) | (156.65) | (27.01) | ||
| 8-316 | 100-601 | 138-657 | 22-99 | ||
| Count-Nouns Produced | 76.00 | 185.57 | 258.06 | 26.00 | |
| (73.18) | (76.05) | (44.28) | (6.87) | ||
| 2-210 | 61-272 | 195-311 | 22-32 | ||
Note: “Total Understands and Says” from the Infant Form, and “Total Words Produced” from the Toddler Form and Level III forms are presented in this table. Maximum number of words that a child can produce on CDI Infant Form is 396, on Toddler Form is 680, and on Level III is 100.
The Toddler Form was used for children with ASD who had produced fewer than 250 words at Visit 3 (n = 5), and the Level III was used for children with ASD whose vocabularies had included more than 250 words at Visit 3 (n = 9). The Level III form was used for all of the TYP children.