A Method for Universal Screening of Elementary School Students: Development of the Social Challenges Screening Questionnaire
| Autor: | Daniel Openden, Alexander J. Stein, Janet Kirwan, Sharman Ober-Reynolds, Amanda Malligo, Raun Melmed, Elena L. Pollard, Nicole L. Matthews, Christopher J. Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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education
General education medicine.disease Education Psychological evaluation Screening questionnaire Psychiatry and Mental health Autism spectrum disorder Internal consistency Developmental and Educational Psychology Asperger's disorder medicine Social responsiveness Autism Psychology Applied Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied School Psychology. 31:115-140 |
| ISSN: | 1537-7911 1537-7903 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15377903.2014.995391 |
| Popis: | Schools regularly screen students for hearing and vision impairments because they present impediments to academic progress. For the same reason, schools should consider adding a universal screening for social challenges, which may also impede the learning process. This study reports on the development of the Social Challenges Screening Questionnaire (SCSQ), an efficient teacher-report screening questionnaire that identifies students with challenges who may benefit from a psychological evaluation. Further, the questionnaire may help identify students with Autism Spectrum Disorder who were previously undiagnosed. The SCSQ was administered to 549 general education students in the third and fourth grades. Internal consistency was.85. A smaller sample of students (n = 50) was selected for additional follow up assessment using the Social Responsiveness Questionnaire, Second Edition. Scores on the two instruments were strongly correlated (r =.87, p |
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