Re: Re:What's the eval name for the acroymn SPED? Thanks!

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We have recently had the A-DOS test and have found it to be reliable for our son's Asperger diagnosis, although, the school has refused to recognize the autism at all, and have disregarded this testing due to the fact that the clinician did not interview our son's teachers for input for the testing. If you chose to have the A-DOS, I would ask the clinician if they would mind interviewing the teachers for input for the test, and then the teachers also have to be receptive to providing answers for the clinician.

We have also used the ASDS, and the ADI-R, both produced the same result of the Asperger diagnosis.

Here is some info on the A-DOS:

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a standardized protocol created in 1989 for assessing social and communicative behavior associated with autism. The protocol consists of a series of structured and semi-structured tasks that involve social interaction between the examiner and the subject. The examiner observes the subject's behavior and assigns identified segments to predetermined observational categories. Categorized observations are subsequently combined to produce quantitative scores for analysis. Research-determined cut-offs identify the potential diagnosis of autism or related autism

spectrum disorders, allowing a standardized assessment of autistic symptoms. The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), a companion instrument, is a structured interview conducted with the parents of the referred interview and covers the full developmental history of the referred individual.

The ADOS cannot be used for formal diagnosis with individuals who are blind, deaf, or otherwise seriously impaired by sensory or motor disorders, such as cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy.

Hope this helps.

Carol

Subject: Re:What's the eval name for the acroymn SPED? Thanks!To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 10:13 AM

The ASDS (Asperger Syndrome Diagnostic Scale) is an appropriate test for someone at the upper end of the spectrum. This can be given by schools. If they try to use the Gilliam Asperger Syndrome test, request that they use this other one. The Gilliam test is not a good test. If you have questions about either of these, you can find info at the public library in a book called Mental Measurements Yearbook, where all of these sorts of tests are reviewed, etc. for accuracy, whether they are reliable, etc.

nna

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Just quick note to let you know that ADOS and ADI-R assessments will

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Subject: Re: Re:What's the eval name for the

acroymn SPED? Thanks!

We have recently had the A-DOS test and have found it to

be reliable for our son's Asperger diagnosis, although, the school has

refused to recognize the autism at all, and have disregarded this testing due

to the fact that the clinician did not interview our son's teachers for input

for the testing. If you chose to have the A-DOS, I would ask the

clinician if they would mind interviewing the teachers for input for the

test, and then the teachers also have to be receptive to providing answers

for the clinician.

We have also used the ASDS, and the ADI-R, both produced

the same result of the Asperger diagnosis.

Here is some info on the A-DOS:

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)

is a standardized protocol

created in 1989 for assessing social and communicative behavior associated

with autism. The protocol consists of a series of

structured and semi-structured tasks that involve social interaction between

the examiner and the subject. The examiner observes the subject's behavior

and assigns identified segments to predetermined observational categories.

Categorized observations are subsequently combined to produce quantitative

scores for analysis. Research-determined cut-offs identify the potential

diagnosis of autism or related autism spectrum disorders, allowing a

standardized assessment of autistic symptoms. The Autism

Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), a companion instrument, is a

structured interview conducted with the parents of the referred interview and

covers the full developmental history of the referred individual.

The ADOS cannot be used for formal diagnosis with

individuals who are blind, deaf, or otherwise seriously impaired by

sensory or motor disorders, such as cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy.

Hope this helps.

Carol

From: nna Bond

Subject: Re:What's the eval name for the acroymn

SPED? Thanks!

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 10:13 AM

The ASDS (Asperger

Syndrome Diagnostic Scale) is an appropriate test for someone at the upper

end of the spectrum. This can be given by schools. If they try to use the

Gilliam Asperger Syndrome test, request that they use this other one. The

Gilliam test is not a good test. If you have questions about either of these,

you can find info at the public library in a book called Mental Measurements

Yearbook, where all of these sorts of tests are reviewed, etc. for accuracy,

whether they are reliable, etc.

nna

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Yeah, the testing was done over the summer months so the teachers were not available. She said she used the information from the teachers since it was only a few months old (April to June). Was not aware that the teacher info was going to be an intricate part of the testing since the school had already done the ASDS in April and had the info from the teachers and chose to disregard that as well. Oh, well, se la vie! Sometimes you're the Louisville slugger, sometimes you're the ball, call me "Spaulding". HAHAHA!

Carol

Subject: Re:What's the eval name for the acroymn SPED? Thanks!To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 11:49 AM

>> We have recently had the A-DOS test and have found it to be reliablefor our son's Asperger diagnosis, although, the school has refused torecognize the autism at all, and have disregarded this testing due tothe fact that the clinician did not interview our son's teachers forinput for the testing.� If you chose to have the A-DOS, I would askthe clinician if they would mind interviewing the teachers for inputfor the test, and then the teachers also have to be receptive toproviding answers for the clinician.> �> We have also used the ASDS, and the ADI-R, both produced the sameresult of the Asperger diagnosis.Thanks for the useful info--Carol and nna!Carol, it might possibly help you to get your testing

accepted by theschool if the clinicians state that they used the school's testing andobservations as a big part of their input, even if they did notdirectly interview or observe at the school themselves. That was whatour clinicians did when the school complained that they did not get toparticipate (never mind the fact that they had refused toparticipate! ?), and I think that helped the school accept it.Ruth