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| Titre : |
Comparing Autism Symptom Severity Between Children With a Medical Autism Diagnosis and an Autism Special Education Eligibility |
| Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
| Auteurs : |
Jonathan SAFER-LICHTENSTEIN, Auteur ; Laura Lee MCINTYRE, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.186-192 |
| Mots-clés : |
elementary age identification assessment IDEA policy |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Rates of children identified as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continue to increase in both medical and school settings. While procedures for providing a medical diagnosis are relatively consistent throughout the United States, the process for determining special education eligibility under an ASD classification varies by state, with many states adopting looser identification criteria than medical taxonomies. This study included a sample of 73 school-age children with ASD and sought to examine differences in ASD symptom severity, adaptive functioning, and challenging behaviors between those identified in the medical system versus those identified in schools. Results indicate that children identified as having ASD only by their school had less severe clinician-rated ASD symptomatology than children with a medical ASD diagnosis but that caregiver reports of adaptive functioning and challenging behavior did not differ between the two groups. These findings do not appear to have been influenced by demographic factors including caregiver education, household income, or health insurance status. Implications and directions for future research are discussed. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1177/1088357620922162 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=430 |
in Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities > 35-3 (September 2020) . - p.186-192
[article] Comparing Autism Symptom Severity Between Children With a Medical Autism Diagnosis and an Autism Special Education Eligibility [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Jonathan SAFER-LICHTENSTEIN, Auteur ; Laura Lee MCINTYRE, Auteur . - p.186-192. in Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities > 35-3 (September 2020) . - p.186-192
| Mots-clés : |
elementary age identification assessment IDEA policy |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Rates of children identified as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continue to increase in both medical and school settings. While procedures for providing a medical diagnosis are relatively consistent throughout the United States, the process for determining special education eligibility under an ASD classification varies by state, with many states adopting looser identification criteria than medical taxonomies. This study included a sample of 73 school-age children with ASD and sought to examine differences in ASD symptom severity, adaptive functioning, and challenging behaviors between those identified in the medical system versus those identified in schools. Results indicate that children identified as having ASD only by their school had less severe clinician-rated ASD symptomatology than children with a medical ASD diagnosis but that caregiver reports of adaptive functioning and challenging behavior did not differ between the two groups. These findings do not appear to have been influenced by demographic factors including caregiver education, household income, or health insurance status. Implications and directions for future research are discussed. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1177/1088357620922162 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=430 |
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Comparing Autism Symptom Severity Between Children With a Medical Autism Diagnosis and an Autism Special Education Eligibility in Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 35-3 (September 2020)
