Autism Diagnostic Assessment

1. Prelinguistic Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (PL-ADOS)

1.1. - scale for diagnosing children who are not yet using phrase speech and who are suspected of having autism

2. The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R)

2.1. - investigator-based interview for caregivers

3. Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS)

3.1. 15-item behavior-rating scale helps to identify children with autism

4. Autism Behaviour Checklist (ABC)

4.1. general measure of autism,, but not as reliable as the CARS or ADI-R

5. Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT)

5.1. screening instrument designed to detect core autistic features to enable treatment as early as eighteen months

6. Real Life Rating Scale (RLRS)

6.1. scale used to assess behaviours in the motor, social, affective, language, and sensory domains

7. Pervasive Developmental Disorder Screening Test (PDDST)

7.1. designed to be administered in settings where concerns about possible autistic spectrum disorders arise

8. Autism Screening Instrument for Educational Planning (2nd ed.) (ASIEP- 2)

8.1. most popular individual assessment instruments available for evaluating and planning for subjects with autistic behaviour characteristics

9. Form E-2 Diagnostic Checklist

9.1. assessment tool that differentiates between cases of "classical" autism and a broader range of children with "autistic-like" features

10. Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS)

10.1. helps to identify and diagnose autism in individuals ages three through twenty-two years and to estimate the severity of the problem