A review of assessments for determining the content of early intensive behavioral intervention programs for autism spectrum disorders

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Psychoeducational Profile – Third Edition – Caregiver Report

“…An ideal assessment should provide results that can guide the development of a structured treatment program and monitor children's development in key areas. According to Gould, Dixon, Najdowski, Smith, and Tarbox (2011), an effective assessment for early intervention programs should have the following critical components. First, the assessment should be comprehensive, addressing all of the major areas of the child's development, which would assist professionals to develop a fully individualised program without overlooking important developmental areas.…”

Education programmes for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Evaluation Framework

“…Although currently the use of measures varies widely from programme to programme Gould, Dixon, Najdowski, Smith, and Tarbox (2011) have identified 27 common measures that are routinely used for a variety of purposes that underpin good programme design. These measures assess developmental/educational goals; social skills; motor function; speech and language/communication; daily living skills; play skills; academic/achievement; and intelligence.…”

“…The authors identify four key measures that are most useful in developing a comprehensive student profile; the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP), the Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development-II, (Brigance IED-II), the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Second Edition (VABS-II) and the Brigance Diagnostic Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills-Revised (CIBS-R). Programmes should be encouraged to include these although Gould et al (2011) highlight that no one measure comprehensively addresses the range of criteria necessary for developing best quality programming. In most cases evaluating outcomes for children engaged in ASD programmes will involve developing child profiles based on the battery of assessments used by the programme and as such the experience of the evaluators is critical.…”

Intervention précoce et instruments d'évaluation des jeunes enfants ayant un trouble du spectre autistique

“…Les outils d'évaluation utilisés pour la programmation ou l'intervention permettent d'identifier les besoins relatifs au développement de l'enfant, c'est-à-dire les forces et les difficultés dans l'ensemble des sphères (e.g. la motricité, le langage, la communication) (Gould et al, 2011). Meisel (1994) souligne de plus que les évaluations doivent inclure les préoccupations de la famille.…”