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The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Toddler Module: A New Module of a Standardized Diagnostic Measure for Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Luyster, Rhiannon, Gotham, Katherine, Guthrie, Whitney, Coffing, Mia, Petrak, Rachel, Pierce, Karen, Bishop, Somer, Esler, Amy +5 more·2009·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS; Lord et al., J Autism Dev Disord, 30(3):205-223, 2000) is widely accepted as a "gold standard" diagnostic instrument, but it is of restricted utility with very young children. The purpose of the current project was to modify the ADOS for use in children under 30 months of age. A modified ADOS, the ADOS Toddler Module (or Module T), was used in 360 evaluations. Participants included 182 children with best estimate diagnoses of ASD, non-spectrum developmental delay or typical development. A final set of protocol and algorithm items was selected based on their ability to discriminate the diagnostic groups. The traditional algorithm "cutoffs" approach yielded high sensitivity and specificity, and a new range of concern approach was proposed.

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  • Developmental trajectories might be a more meaningful phenotype on which to map aetiological mechanisms than a static case-control dichotomy.

    “Such developmental trajectories might be a more meaningful phenotype on which to map aetiological mechanisms than a static case-control dichotomy 70,139,140”

    From Autism spectrum disorder (2020) · cites this paper as [139]

    The Discussion (page not supplied) favors continuous scores and monitoring development over relying on strict diagnostic classifications in very young children. It does not propose developmental trajectories as phenotypes for mapping aetiological mechanisms or compare their value with a static case-control dichotomy for that purpose. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Although deficits and delays in children who will develop autism can be documented on a group level, diagnosing individual children with ASD prior to age 15-18 months is very difficult.

    “Third, although deficits and delays in children who will develop autism can be documented on a group level, diagnosing individual children with ASD prior to age 15-18 months is very difficult (Luyster et al. 2009, Zwaigenbaum et al. 2005).”

    From Recent Advances in Autism Research as Reflected in DSM-5 Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (2015) · cites this paper as Luyster et al. 2009

    The introductory passage describes early differences observed in groups of children later diagnosed with ASD. The Discussion says the Toddler Module algorithm was validated only down to 15 months and its sensitivity below that age was not established; the introductory passage also cautions that very early diagnoses are less stable. These passages support the difficulty of individual early diagnosis, but do not establish the claim's specific 15–18-month boundary. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Luyster, R., Gotham, K., Guthrie, W., Coffing, M., Petrak, R., Pierce, K., Bishop, S., Esler, A., Hus, V., Oti, R., Richler, J., Risi, S., & Lord, C.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • University of Wisconsin System (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Luyster, Rhiannon
Venue
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Published
2009-05-05
Volume
39
Issue
9
Pages
1305-1320
ISSN
  • 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3432
OpenAlex
W2022345199
Cited by
468
References
39
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Simons Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH066496, F31MH73210-02, R25MH057167, R01MH078165, F32MH066469, R01MH080134, MH066469, F31MH073210, MH57167)
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U19HD035482, HD-35482-01, P01HD035482)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, autism spectrum disorder, toddlers, diagnostic assessment, diagnostic algorithm, cut-off values, sensitivity and specificity, developmental delay, young children
MeSH terms
Affect, Algorithms, Attention, Autistic Disorder, Awareness, Developmental Disabilities, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Infant, Language Development Disorders, Male, Personality Assessment, Pilot Projects, Play and Playthings, Psychometrics, Reference Standards, Social Behavior, Verbal Behavior, Reproducibility of Results

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