Table 1.
Participant information
| Developmental specialist characteristics | Parent characteristics | Child characteristics | Child VABS-III age equivalents | Child communication matrix levels | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triad 1 | Caucasian female | Latinx male | Latinx male | Expressive language: 10 months | Level III (unconventional gestures) with some emerging level IV (conventional gestures) |
| Bachelors in early childhood education | 26-years-old | 2.9 years-old | Receptive language: 11 months | ||
| >1 year in role | Some college | High risk for ASD on M-CHAT R/F | |||
| English speaker | Auto-mechanic | Mild to moderate ASD on CARS-2 (32.5) | |||
| English/Spanish speaker | |||||
| Triad 2 | Bi-racial female | Latinx male | Latinx male | Expressive language: 7 months | Level III (unconventional gestures) with some emerging level IV (conventional gestures) and level VI (abstract symbols) |
| Bachelors in Early Childhood Education | 20 years-old | 1.10 years-old | |||
| >1 year in role | High school degree | High risk for ASD on M-CHAT R/F | Receptive language: 10 months | ||
| English speaker | Mixed martial artist | ||||
| English speaker | |||||
| Triad 3 | Latinx femalea | Latinx female | Latinx male | Expressive language: years | Level III (unconventional gestures) with some emerging level IV (conventional gestures) and level VI (abstract symbols) |
| Bachelors in Human Services | 28 years-old | 1.9 years-old | |||
| 5 years in role | High school degree | ASD diagnosis | Receptive language: 10 months | ||
| English/Spanish speaker | Stay at home mom with a learning disability | ||||
| English Speaker |
aNote. Information was reported for the second provider for Triad 3 who completed the majority of baseline and all post-training sessions 4