Psy 270 Week 6 Competency 6

Competency 6 For someone who has worked in the school system for 5 years, I have worked with many students that have been diagnosed with Autism and/or Asperger’s Disorders. By the time they enter the school setting they have often already been diagnosed. I was always curious how children could be diagnosed with Autism at such a young age, and I learned a lot of new information on how it is diagnosed. After reading the texts, and samples many of my previous questions were answered about these tests.
The GADS stands for Gilliam Asperger’s Disorder Scale and is used to diagnose people ages 3 through 22 who show certain behaviors that are often traits of Aspergers. There are four subscales that the person is tested on. These subscales are Social Interaction, Restricted Patterns of Behavior, Cognitive Patterns, and Pragmatic Skills. The behaviors that are measured on these subscales are: social interactive behaviors, expression of communicative intent, and cognitive and emotional …show more content…
This test, similar to the GADS test also has different subtests. These subtests are behaviors shown of an individual of Autism. These subtests are :Restricted/Repetitive Behaviors, Social Interaction, Communication, Emotional Responses, Cognitive Style, and Maladaptive Speech. These subtests measure stereotyped behaviors, fixated interests, routines, or rituals. They also measure social behaviors, responses to social situations and the understanding of the intent of social interaction and communication. The subtests also measure extreme emotional responses to everyday situations, idiosyncratic fixated interests, characteristics, and cognitive abilities. They are also tested on items that describe deficits and the idiosyncrasies in verbal communication. This test can also be given to the parents to help with information that the child might not be able to