Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment
Exam Questions and Answers
What is included in the assessment battery? - Answer-- Case History/Interview
- Formal Assessment
- Informal Measures
- Hearing Screening
- Oral Mech
Why do we do a formal assessment for ASD? - Answer-- Compare client to a norm
- Need accountability to insurance; need documentation
What are some things in a formal assessment that need to be assessed? - Answer--
Speech
- Language
- Communication
- Cognitive measures
How can you gage cognitive abilities in young children? - Answer-Through play
How can you gage cognitive abilities in older children? - Answer-Interactions with you or
other children; problem solving
What should we assess during informal measures? - Answer-- Speech sample
- Language sample
- Communication sample
Why are speech/language/communication samples important? - Answer-- This is more
naturalistic; this is what they look like outside of therapy
- We want their skills to generalize to their natural environment
True/False: Formal measures tend to over inflate skills. - Answer-True
Can SLPs diagnose autism? - Answer-Yes, but you should diagnose with a team; you
need to have enough experience to diagnose
What is the gold standard for testing for autism? - Answer-ADOS
What symptoms are first noticed in children with autism? - Answer-12 months:
- Eye-gaze (shifting)
- Orienting to name
- Pointing to or showing objects of interest
- Pretend play (a lack of or unusual)
- Imitation (may over-imitate/echolalia or have no imitation)
Exam Questions and Answers
What is included in the assessment battery? - Answer-- Case History/Interview
- Formal Assessment
- Informal Measures
- Hearing Screening
- Oral Mech
Why do we do a formal assessment for ASD? - Answer-- Compare client to a norm
- Need accountability to insurance; need documentation
What are some things in a formal assessment that need to be assessed? - Answer--
Speech
- Language
- Communication
- Cognitive measures
How can you gage cognitive abilities in young children? - Answer-Through play
How can you gage cognitive abilities in older children? - Answer-Interactions with you or
other children; problem solving
What should we assess during informal measures? - Answer-- Speech sample
- Language sample
- Communication sample
Why are speech/language/communication samples important? - Answer-- This is more
naturalistic; this is what they look like outside of therapy
- We want their skills to generalize to their natural environment
True/False: Formal measures tend to over inflate skills. - Answer-True
Can SLPs diagnose autism? - Answer-Yes, but you should diagnose with a team; you
need to have enough experience to diagnose
What is the gold standard for testing for autism? - Answer-ADOS
What symptoms are first noticed in children with autism? - Answer-12 months:
- Eye-gaze (shifting)
- Orienting to name
- Pointing to or showing objects of interest
- Pretend play (a lack of or unusual)
- Imitation (may over-imitate/echolalia or have no imitation)
