| Autor: |
Netson R; Independent Researcher, Boston, MA 02467, USA., Schmiedel Fucks A; Somare Therapeutic and Educational Clinic, Foz do Iguaçu 85851-240, Brazil., Schmiedel Sanches Santos A; Somare Therapeutic and Educational Clinic, Foz do Iguaçu 85851-240, Brazil., Poloni LEP; Somare Therapeutic and Educational Clinic, Foz do Iguaçu 85851-240, Brazil., Nacano NN; Somare Therapeutic and Educational Clinic, Foz do Iguaçu 85851-240, Brazil., Fucks E; Somare Therapeutic and Educational Clinic, Foz do Iguaçu 85851-240, Brazil., Radi K; School of Education, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA., Strong WE; Neato Neuro LLC, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815, USA., Carnaval AA; Associação Espírita Arco-Íris, Avaré 18705-010, Brazil., Russo M; Sociedad Venezolana para Niños y Adultos Autistas, Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento para Autismo, Caracas F4XG+7G6, Venezuela., Venkatesh R; ImagiRation LLC, Boston, MA 02135, USA., Vyshedskiy A; ImagiRation LLC, Boston, MA 02135, USA.; MET, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
This study compares two parent reports, the Mental Synthesis Evaluation Checklist (MSEC) and the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC), with the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS). The ATEC consists of four subscales, as follows: (1) expressive language, (2) sociability, (3) sensory awareness, and (4) health. The MSEC is complementary to the ATEC in measuring complex language comprehension. The parents of 143 autistic children, from 2 to 22 years of age (mean 6.7 ± 5.1 years), completed the MSEC and the ATEC questionnaires and a clinician assessed their CARS score. The CARS score correlated strongly with all parent reports, the complex language comprehension MSEC ( r = 0.60, p < 0.0001), expressive language ( r = 0.66, p < 0.0001), sociability ( r = 0.58, p < 0.0001), sensory awareness ( r = 0.71, p < 0.0001), and health ( r = 0.53, p < 0.0001), as well as the total ATEC score ( r = 0.75, p < 0.0001). The strongest correlation was between the CARS score and the composite of all five parent-reported scores (total ATEC + MSEC, r = 0.77, p < 0.0001). These results suggest a high fidelity of the MSEC and ATEC parent reports and especially of their composite score, total ATEC + MSEC. |
