The Autism Screening Instrument for Educational Planning–Third Edition (ASIEP-3) is a valid and reliable measure of autism and related behaviors. It was designed to identify individuals with autism; assist in planning appropriate educational programs for those individuals; monitor performance and progress; and research autism. Necessary data is collected from five main standardized components:
- Autism Behavior Checklist — provides a checklist of 47 behaviors typical of autistic individuals for use during the initial screening process
- Sample of Vocal Behavior — measures four characteristics of the spontaneous speech of children with autism (i.e., repetitiveness, noncommunication, intelligibility, and babbling)
- Interaction Assessment — measures a child’s spontaneous social responses and reactions to requests
- Educational Assessment — measures a child’s functioning levels in five areas (i.e., stay in seat, receptive language, expressive language, body concept, and speech imitation)
- Prognosis of Learning Rate — examines a child’s learning acquisition rate, using a discrete trial-direct instruction format
This revised edition covers normed data for individuals between the ages of 2-0 (2 years 0 months) and 13-11 (13 years 11 months). Teachers, school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, parents, or professionals familiar with autism can quickly score the test, making it time and cost effective.
Features of the new ASIEP-3
- All new normative data were collected from a demographic representative sample of the U.S. population.
- Standard scores and percentile ranks are now provided for ages 2-0 to 13-11.
- All record forms have been reconfigured into a standard format.
- More item analysis.
- More reliability studies.
- More validity studies have been conducted.