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Direct linkShum, Kathy Kar-man; Wong, Rose Mui-fong; Au, Angel Hoe-chi; Au, Terry Kit-fong – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This study examined the reliability and validity of the 13-item Classroom Observation Scale as used by teachers and non-clinically trained observers to identify children who more likely than their peers to have autism spectrum disorder in less-resourced preschools. A total of 534 children (ages 2;10 to 4;5, Mean = 3;8) from nine Chinese-language…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Au, Angel Hoe-chi; Shum, Kathy Kar-man; Cheng, Yongtian; Tse, Hannah Man-yan; Wong, Rose Mui-fong; Li, Johnson; Au, Terry Kit-fong – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Can non-clinicians spot preschoolers likely to have autism spectrum disorder by observing their everyday peer interaction? We set out to develop a screening tool that capitalizes on peer interaction as a naturalistic "stress test" to identify children more likely than their peers to have autism spectrum disorder. A total of 304 3- to…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Screening Tests, Preschool Children
Catalano, Corinne Gaffney – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This is a multi-method study to develop and validate an instrument to measure teachers' self-efficacy for teaching students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in inclusive early childhood classrooms, "Teacher Self-efficacy for Teaching Students with ASD Inclusive Classrooms Scale": TSE-ASDI. I conducted literature and expert reviews as…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Inclusion, Special Education
Giserman Kiss, Ivy; Feldman, Melanie S.; Sheldrick, R. Christopher; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
There is a critical need for evidence-based, broadband behavioral, and ASD screening measures for use in pediatric and early educational settings to ensure that young children at risk for developing social-emotional disorders and/or ASD are provided with early intervention services to optimize long-term outcomes. The BITSEA is a 42-item screener…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Screening Tests, Infants
Bauminger-Zviely, Nirit; Shefer, Analia – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Peer interaction can be challenging in autism spectrum disorder, but naturalistic peer-observation scales for preschoolers are scarce. This study examined psychometric qualities of the newly developed Autism Peer Interaction Observation Scale. We tested the Autism Peer Interaction Observation Scale to (a) characterize peer interactions of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Test Validity
Goldstein, Howard; Lackey, Kimberly C.; Schneider, Naomi J. B. – Exceptional Children, 2014
This review presents a novel framework for evaluating evidence based on a set of parallel criteria that can be applied to both group and single-subject experimental design (SSED) studies. The authors illustrate use of this evaluation system in a systematic review of 67 articles investigating social skills interventions for preschoolers with autism…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Intervention, Autism
