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McConachie, Helen; Mason, David; Parr, Jeremy R.; Garland, Deborah; Wilson, Colin; Rodgers, Jacqui – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Accurate measurement of quality of life (QoL) is important for evaluation of autism services and trials of interventions. We undertook psychometric validation of the World Health Organisation measure--WHOQoL-BREF, examined construct validity of the WHO Disabilities module and developed nine additional autism-specific items (ASQoL) from extensive…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Test Validity
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Nowell, Sallie W.; Watson, Linda R.; Faldowski, Richard A.; Baranek, Grace T. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The goal of this paper is to examine the psychometric properties of a live-coded behavioral measure of joint attention, the "Attention-Following and Initiating Joint Attention Protocol" (JA Protocol), in order to assist researchers and clinicians in identifying when this measure may meet their joint attention assessment needs. Data from…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Attention, Measures (Individuals), Behavior Rating Scales
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Magiati, I.; Moss, J.; Yates, R.; Charman, T.; Howlin, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: There are few well validated brief measures that can be used to assess the general progress of young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) over time. In the present study, the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) was used as part of a comprehensive assessment battery to monitor the progress of 22 school-aged children…
Descriptors: Evidence, Check Lists, Intervention, Autism