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Utility of Teacher-Report Assessments of Autistic Severity in Japanese School Children
Joint Authors
Moriwaki, Aiko
Kamio, Yoko
Inada, Naoko
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Recent studies suggest that many children with milder autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are undiagnosed, untreated, and being educated in mainstream classes without support and that school teachers might be the best persons to identify a child’s social deviance.
At present, only a few screening measures using teacher ratings of ASD have been validated.
The aim of this study was to examine the utility of teacher ratings on the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a quantitative measure of ASD.
We recruited 130 participants aged 4 to 17 years from local schools or local pediatric outpatient clinics specializing in neurodevelopmental disorders that included 70 children with ASD.
We found that the teacher-report SRS can be reliably and validly applied to children as a screening tool or for other research purposes, and it also has cross-cultural comparability.
Although parent-teacher agreement was satisfactory overall, a discrepancy existed for children with ASD, especially for girls with ASD.
To improve sensitivity in children at higher risk, especially girls, we cannot overstate the importance of using standardized norms specific to gender, informant, and culture.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kamio, Yoko& Moriwaki, Aiko& Inada, Naoko. 2013. Utility of Teacher-Report Assessments of Autistic Severity in Japanese School Children. Autism Research and Treatment،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466913
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kamio, Yoko…[et al.]. Utility of Teacher-Report Assessments of Autistic Severity in Japanese School Children. Autism Research and Treatment No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466913
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kamio, Yoko& Moriwaki, Aiko& Inada, Naoko. Utility of Teacher-Report Assessments of Autistic Severity in Japanese School Children. Autism Research and Treatment. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466913
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-466913