The importance of early autism assessment for effective intervention
Early assessment of autism during childhood is crucial for providing timely and effective interventions that can significantly impact a child’s development. Identifying autism early allows for a better understanding of a child’s unique strengths and challenges, leading to personalized support plans that promote social, behavioral, and academic growth. Early intervention is proven to enhance communication skills, improve social interactions, and reduce challenging behaviors, giving children a stronger foundation for success in school and beyond. By assessing autism early in childhood, professionals and caregivers can work together to create strategies that maximize a child’s potential and help them thrive in all areas of life.
ASRS®
Helps identify symptoms, behaviors, and associated features of ASDs in children and adolescents
Available in Spanish
**Now available on Q-global™!
Sensory Profile™-2
Provides standardized tools to help evaluate a child's sensory processing patterns
Bayley™-4
Comprehensive assessment tool for determining developmental delays in children
Vineland™ 3
Digital administration available
Provides data that supports the diagnosis and treatment of intellectual and developmental disabilities
Available in Spanish
Remote on-screen administration available
PEDI-CAT Computer Adaptive Caregiver Report
Digital administration available
Measures functional domains for children and youth with physical and/or behavioral conditions–includes Autism scale
Available in Spanish
Remote on-screen administration available
CELF® Preschool-3
Assess aspects of language necessary for preschool children to meet the language demands of the classroom
Additional offerings:
*Available in Spanish
Deciphering dual diagnosis
Discover practical strategies for supporting individuals with ASD and ADHD.
Understanding the connection
Creating inclusive, supportive learning environments for individuals with ASD & ADHD.
Enhancing Assessments
Collaboration between SLPs and OTs fosters a more comprehensive approach to autism care that benefits autistic children, caregivers and providers.
Enhancing Assessments
Insights and Strategies for Identifying and Supporting Autism.
Episode 1
Evolving role of occupational therapists in autism care
In an engaging conversation on the “Navigating Autism, Transforming Lives” podcast, guest Shelley Hughes, an occupational therapist and director of portfolio management for Pearson Assessments, called OTs “integral members of the autism care team.”
Episode 2
Cross market insights: addressing autism and co-occurring disorders
Theo Miron, school psychologist and assessment consultant for Pearson Assessments, shared insights on the prevalence of co-occurrence of autism with other conditions and how assessments can reveal individual areas of successes, strengths and needs that can overlap between diagnoses.
Episode 3
Enhancing Autism Diagnosis and Care with Digital Tools
This episode features Colleen Williams, assessment consultant for Pearson, sharing her thoughts on the role of digital tools for reducing caregiver burden, support progress monitoring, and the benefits of digital scoring.
Detecting Autism amongst the ever-broadening spectrum
The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder is currently 1 in 36 school-age children in the United States. Yet, the breadth of the spectrum is so broad and heterogeneous that it becomes perplexing as to how some individuals who are profoundly affected can carry the same diagnostic label as those with more subtle symptom expression.
Understanding age-related changes in motor performance in children and adolescents on the autism spectrum
In this webinar, Dr. Travers will present the findings of her recent research examining age-related changes in BOT-2 performance in autistic and non-autistic children (ages 6–17 years). Diagnostic group differences and subgroup differences (autism with and without co-occurring ADHD) in motor profiles will also be examined.
More previously recorded webinars
- Overlapping motor features of autism and developmental coordination disorder
- Do Autism adaptive behavior profiles really exist?
- Supporting the participation of autism children & young adults-panel discussion
- Sensory processing and Autism
- Sensory and motor skills in individuals with ASD
- Sensory and motor skills for school readiness
- Assessing language skills in individuals with ASD
