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“The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a semi-structured, standardized assessment of communication, social interaction, and play or imaginative use of materials for individuals who have been referred because of possible autism spectrum disorder (ASDs).” (Lord, Rutter, 2000). The ADOS consists of 5 different modules that start with children as young as toddlers and up to adults. The ADOS allows the examiner to observe behaviors that are common with ASD at different levels of developmental and chronological ages. The structured activities looks at different behaviors of autism within social interactions, communication, and other behaviors that are relevant with individuals with autism. Within …show more content…
The study “hypothesized that language sampling contexts would result in different performance for all aspects of expressive language examined: amount produced, phonology, vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics, We also expected that language sampling contexts would result in different categorizations of children into language phases.” (Kover, 2014). The participants for this study consisted of 63 children (55 boys) with ASD with a mean age of 45 months. The participants in the larger longitudinal study were recruited through local early intervention programs and developmental medical clinics in the state of Wisconsin. Written consent was obtained for the participants. All of the participants were English-only speakers. The individuals were seen up to four visits at 1-year intervals and data for the current study was taken from the second visit. During the second visit, participants were reevaluated for autism characteristics using the ADOS to confirm ASD. After reviewing the results of the research use of the ADOS as a language sampling context has the possibility of underestimating the abilities of children with ASD relative to play with the examiner or parent. In conclusion with the current research it is determined that utilizing only one assessment for multiple purposes is appealing, conserves resources, and reduces the size of testing protocols. In the study language was compared with young children with ASD during the ADOS, examiner-child play and parent-child play resulting in lower scores for the amount of language produced as well as structural and pragmatic language.
“The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a semi-structured, standardized assessment of communication, social interaction, and play or imaginative use of materials for individuals who have been referred because of possible autism spectrum disorder (ASDs).” (Lord, Rutter, 2000). The ADOS consists of 5 different modules that start with children as young as toddlers and up to adults. The ADOS allows the examiner to observe behaviors that are common with ASD at different levels of developmental and chronological ages. The structured activities looks at different behaviors of autism within social interactions, communication, and other behaviors that are relevant with individuals with autism. Within …show more content…
The study “hypothesized that language sampling contexts would result in different performance for all aspects of expressive language examined: amount produced, phonology, vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics, We also expected that language sampling contexts would result in different categorizations of children into language phases.” (Kover, 2014). The participants for this study consisted of 63 children (55 boys) with ASD with a mean age of 45 months. The participants in the larger longitudinal study were recruited through local early intervention programs and developmental medical clinics in the state of Wisconsin. Written consent was obtained for the participants. All of the participants were English-only speakers. The individuals were seen up to four visits at 1-year intervals and data for the current study was taken from the second visit. During the second visit, participants were reevaluated for autism characteristics using the ADOS to confirm ASD. After reviewing the results of the research use of the ADOS as a language sampling context has the possibility of underestimating the abilities of children with ASD relative to play with the examiner or parent. In conclusion with the current research it is determined that utilizing only one assessment for multiple purposes is appealing, conserves resources, and reduces the size of testing protocols. In the study language was compared with young children with ASD during the ADOS, examiner-child play and parent-child play resulting in lower scores for the amount of language produced as well as structural and pragmatic language.