ASRS: Autism Spectrum Rating Scale – Technical Manual

Ages: 2 through 18
Testing Time: 20 minutes
Administration: Individual

The Autism Spectrum Rating Scales (ASRS) is the first nationally standardized, normreferenced instrument to effectively identify symptoms, behaviors, and associated features of autism spectrum disorders in children and adolescents ages 2 through 18. Using a 5-point Likert rating scale, parents, teachers, and caregivers are asked to evaluate how often they observed specific behaviors in the child or adolescent in areas such as socialization, communication, unusual behaviors, behavioral rigidity, sensory sensitivity, and self-regulation. It is a reliable tool capable of supporting you in the diagnostic process, with the current DSM-5 scoring updates.

It is an easy-to-use assessment intended for psychologists, school psychologists, clinical social workers, physicians, counselors, psychiatric workers, and pediatric/ psychiatric nurses. The ASRS was normed on a diverse sample of 2,560 individuals across the United States, between October 2006 and October 2008.

The ASRS includes a Total Score, a DSM-5 Scale, ASRS Scales, and Treatment Scales. The comprehensive scales are:

• Social/Communication
• Unusual Behaviors
• Self-Regulation (ASRS [6–18 years] only)
• Treatment Scales
• Peer Socialization
• Adult Socialization
• Social/Emotional Reciprocity
• Atypical Language
• Stereotypy
• Behavioral Rigidity
• Sensory Sensitivity
• Attention/Self-Regulation (ASRS [2–5 years] only)
• Attention (ASRS [6–18 years] only)

DOWNLOAD:

• Overview of the ASRS Forms 

Includes ASRS Technical Manual only (forms sold separately)

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