Effects of Routines-Based Early Intervention in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

This parent-reported questionnaire is used to screen the autistic characteristic of children with high-function autism or Asperger, including repetitive behavior, social dysfunction and communication deficit, etc. Available age is 4-11. This 2-point questionnaire has 37 items, including 6 non-scoring general developmental items and 31 target items. At the end has additional items identifying whether child has special needs.Retest reliability is .83. Study showed that CAST can screen out 87.5% of children with Asperger.

This 5-point scale is used to identify whether child is autism. Applicable to preschool children.The internal consistency is .92-.95, inter-rater reliability is .85-.97, and retest reliability is .89-.99.

This 3-point scale is used to screen whether child is autism. Available age is 2-5. The administered time is 10 minutes in average. Total score above 14 shows child has autism tendency and above 23 shows child is autism.It has good sensitivity.

Filled out by parents or teachers, the average time is 15-20 minutes. It is used to assess the social barriers of children aged 4-18 and to determine whether a child has autism. It is a four-point scale with a score of 0-3. The internal consistency is 0.91-0.97, retest reliability is 0.84-0.97, inter-rater reliability is 0.76-0.95.

A questionnaire for assessing children's social cognition ability, which is a five-point questionnaire for continuity. It can be filled out by parents or filled by children with good reading skills and oral skills. Applicable age is 2-13 years old, including 60 topics. Each question is described as a state, including emotional cognition, mental state understanding, pragmatics, etc. The person who fills the mark is marked with a slash on the line of "definitely not"," probably not", "undecided", "probably", and "definitely" to respond. The internal consistency is 0.96.

It is used to assess children's ability to visually recognize and motor coordination. Applicable for 3 years old to adult, and the evaluation time is about 15-20 minutes. It contains high retest reliability and internal consistency.

It is used to assess whether children have problems in communication, including sound, articulation, intonation, fluency, vocabulary comprehension and expression. Suitable for children from 3 to 5 years old (PLS) and over 5 years old (LS). This 0-1 point measure includes 3 subscales: comprehension, expression and language development. The higher percentile rank represent better outcome. The retest reliability and the inter-tester reliability are 0.91-0.97.

It is used to assess children's vocabulary comprehension and can also be used as a child intelligence test. Suitable for children from 3-12 years old. The test is based on the number of questions corresponding to the child's physiological age, and the test is tested backward after answering the six questions (the highest level) in the eight consecutive questions, and the test is completed after the eight consecutive questions (basic level). Questions below the basic level are considered correct. Internal consistency and inter-tester reliability are good.

Used to measure children's learning, playing, development skills and personal qualities. Applicable to children aged 2-6 (APCP) and 6-21 (CAPE), the parents score this questionnaire according to the child's performance in the past four months.There are 45 questions in total.First, check if the child have done this activity (1 point means yes, 0 points means no), then check the frequency child doing this activity (1 point, means only once in the last four months, to 7 points, means every day in the past four months). The measurement field includes: 1. Game activities (9 questions) 2. Skill development (15 questions) 3. Sports activities (10 questions) 4. Social activities (11 questions). The measurement aspect includes: diversity, intensity. There is moderate to good internal consistency.

It is used to understand the functional performance of children in the areas of self-care, mobility, and cognition. It is suitable for infants to adolescents. It contains 18 items, involving six functions. The score is from 1 to 7 points, 1 is completely dependent, and 7 is completely independent. Retest reliability and inter-tester reliability are 0.90-0.99.

It is used to assess the health-related quality of life, such as children's motor, communication, emotions, and body structure. Suitable for children from 6 months to 6 years old (TAPQOL) and 6-15 years old (TACQOL). Parents fill in according to the child's condition. First, children or their parents check the frequency of the condition happening (1 ,means never, to 3 , means usually), then check how do children feel when the condition happens (0, means never, to 4 , means not very well).Higher score represent better outcome. Moderate to good retest reliability and inter-tester reliability.

It is used to assess children's sensory processing capabilities, including sensory conditioning, emotional response, sensory processing, etc. Suitable for six-month old child to adults. It is a standardized evaluation tool, which is filled out by the main caregivers. The project score is 1-5 points, the internal consistency reliability is .70-.90, and the inter-tester reliability is .25-.76.

Used to understand parental distress, child distress behaviors and parent-child interaction. Suitable for parents of children under the age of 12. Parents fill in according to subjective feelings and current situation. This 1-5 point measure includes 3 subscales: Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction, Difficult Child, and Parent Distress. Higher percentile rank represent worse outcome. Retest reliability and inter-tester reliability is 0.89-0.93.

It is used to measure the child's inattention, impulsivity or hyperactivity, as well as the status of opposing behavior. Fill in by parents or primary caregivers. This 0-3 point scale includes 26 items. Total scores range from 0 to 78. Higher scores represent a worse outcome. The retest reliability is 0.59-0.72, the internal consistency is 0.88-0.90, and the concurrent validity is 0.56-0.72.