The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) is considered a “gold standard” instrument used for assessing and diagnosing autism spectrum disorders across ages, developmental levels, and language skills. The second edition includes revised algorithms, a new comparison score for Modules 1-3, updated protocols with clearer administration and coding guidelines. It also contains a Toddler Module designed to assess children ages 12 – 30 months.
The two-day ADOS-2 workshop is designed for clinicians with a prior background in autism and formal testing, including psychologists, educational diagnosticians, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and social workers.
The workshop will use a lecture format and videos to introduce the basic principles of administering, coding, scoring the algorithm and severity metric for ADOS-2 modules 1 through 4. This training will provide an essential step towards competence in using the ADOS-2 as well as how to establish inter-rater reliability on the instrument. Participants will also gain an understanding of how to incorporate the ADOS-2 results into a comprehensive-team based evaluation in the public school setting.