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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- What is assessment?
- Multidisciplinary assessments
- Common reasons for referral
- Developmental history
- Direct observation
- The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
- Psychological assessment
- Developmental assessment
- Cognitive assessment
- Examples of cognitive measures
- Levels of cognitive functioning
- Profiles: variability is common…
- …and at the subtest level
- Adaptive skills
- Adaptive skills: deficits common in ASD
- Achievement testing
- Achievement testing: common ASD profile
- Neuropsychological assessment
- Speech, language and communication assessment
- Medical evaluation
- Diagnostic formulation
- Assessing co-morbidities
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment recommendations
- Take-home messages
- Thank you!
Topics Covered
- Description of ASD assessment and reasons for referral
- Achievement testing
- Neuropsychological assessment
- Medical evaluation
- Diagnostic formulation
- Assessing co-morbidities
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment recommendations informed by assessment
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External Links
- Howlin, P. (2000). Outcome in Adult Life for more Able Individuals with Autism or Asperger Syndrome. Autism, 4(1), 63–83.
- Engström, I., Ekström, L., & Emilsson, B. (2003). Psychosocial functioning in a group of Swedish adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism. Autism, 7(1), 99-110.
- Moss, P., Howlin, P., Savage, S., Bolton, P., & Rutter, M. (2015). Self and informant reports of mental health difficulties among adults with autism findings from a long-term follow-up study. Autism, 19(7), 832-841.
Talk Citation
Wolf, J.M. (2020, March 30). Assessment and diagnosis of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 12, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/TKMB1811.Export Citation (RIS)
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Financial Disclosures
- Julie Wolf has no commercial/financial matters to disclose.
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Transcript
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0:00
My name is Julie Wolf.
I'm an Associate Professor of Clinical Child Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center.
I will be speaking with you today about "Assessment and Diagnosis
of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder", or ASD.
0:17
What do we mean by assessment?
Assessment is a comprehensive process by which
we understand an individual's strengths and weaknesses,
arrive at a clinical diagnosis,
and understand factors that may be contributing to their presentation.
Many people often equate the terms psychological testing with psychological assessment,
but in fact, testing is just one component of the assessment process.
The assessment process involves gathering data from a number of
different sources to most fully understand the individual.
0:49
The most comprehensive assessments are multi-disciplinary,
involving many procedures conducted by professionals with different areas of expertise.
These include psychologists, psychiatrists,
social workers, speech language pathologists,
and other medical professionals.
The evaluation typically includes a developmental history,
direct observation of the individual with particular focus on behaviors
relevant to the diagnosis of ASD, such as social communication and play,
psychological assessment, speech, language and communication assessment,
and other medical assessments.
Finally, data from all of these sources are brought
together to arrive at a diagnostic formulation.
This involves differentiating between ASD and other possible conditions,
as well as considering any co-morbid conditions that may be present.
Throughout this talk, I will be describing these components in more detail.
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