Conducting oral and written language adapted tele-assessments with early elementary-age children with autism spectrum disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tele-health has gained popularity for both providing services and delivering assessments to children with disabilities. In this manuscript, we discuss the process of collecting standardized oral language, reading, and writing tele-assessment data with early elementary children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and offer preliminary findings related to child and parent engagement and technology issues.

Methods

The data presented are from pretest assessments during an efficacy study examining the electronic delivery of a listening comprehension intervention for children with ASD. Pretest sessions included a battery of standardized language, reading, and writing assessments, conducted over Zoom. The authors operationalized and

SUBMITTER: Conner C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685145 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature