Measuring treatment response in children with autism spectrum disorder: Applications of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change to the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This study aims to determine the validity and reliability of applying the coding strategy from the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change, a newly validated treatment outcome measure, to videotaped segments of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule. Results indicate strong reliability and validity of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change ratings using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule segments in detecting changes in social communication over the course of treatment in young, minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder. Results also suggest that the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change, when applied to Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule segments, may be more sensitive in detecting subtle changes in social communication compared to the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Calibrated Severity Scores. These results may support the application of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change to pre-existing datasets of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule videos to examine treatment responses.

publication date

  • October 10, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Communication
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Social Behavior

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6522321

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85059303171

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1542/peds.2014-0757

PubMed ID

  • 30303398

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 5