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3-088 - Infant Predictors of Social and Behavioral Impairments in Childhood and Adolescence

Sat, March 23, 9:45 to 11:15am, Hilton Baltimore, Floor: Level 1, Johnson B

Session Type: Paper Symposium

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This symposium will focus on detection of infants at risk for later social and behavioral impairments, factors contributing to both positive and negative outcomes, and application of longitudinal research starting in infancy to development of prevention and intervention programs. The papers presented represent data from four separate longitudinal samples following children from infancy through early childhood, middle childhood, and even adolescence, with initial risk based on medical, socioeconomic, familial, and temperamental factors. A primary goal of these presentations and the subsequent discussions will be integration of research from the fields of both neurodevelopmental disorders and developmental psychopathology. Open conversation facilitating integration of these methodologies and literatures is increasingly essential for two reasons: First, neurodevelopmental and mental health diagnoses are commonly comorbid. Second, both fields can benefit from and contribute to a framework for translating research on infant risk to supporting improved outcomes. To this end, two papers will present data on diagnostic and behavioral outcomes for infants at risk based on premature birth and having a sibling with autism, while two papers will present data on infants at risk for psychopathology based on early temperament and socioeconomic risk. Ultimately, integration across these fields can support development of targeted interventions for a range of potential impairments based on a holistic characterization of infant risk factors.

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