Description: designed to identify individuals with autism; assist in planning appropriate educational programs for those individuals; monitor performance and progress; and research autism. Necessary data is collected from five main standardized components:\n\nAutism Behavior Checklist — provides a checklist of 47 behaviors typical of autistic individuals for use during the initial screening process\nSample of Vocal Behavior — measures four characteristics of the spontaneous speech of children with autism (i.e., repetitiveness, noncommunication, intelligibility, and babbling)\nInteraction Assessment — measures a child’s spontaneous social responses and reactions to requests\nEducational Assessment — measures a child’s functioning levels in five areas (i.e., stay in seat, receptive language, expressive language, body concept, and speech imitation)\nPrognosis of Learning Rate — examines a child’s learning acquisition rate, using a discrete trial-direct instruction format.

Publisher: Pro-ed, Inc

Year Published: 2008

Qualifications: B

Grade: age2.0-13.11

Keywords: Autism, PDD, Pervasive Development Disorders