TY - JOUR
T1 - Adaptation, Content Validity and Reliability of the Autism Classification System of Functioning for Social Communication
T2 - From Toddlerhood to Adolescent-Aged Children with Autism
AU - Di Rezze, Briano
AU - Gentles, Stephen James
AU - Hidecker, Mary Jo Cooley
AU - Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie
AU - Rosenbaum, Peter
AU - Duku, Eric
AU - Georgiades, Stelios
AU - Roncadin, Caroline
AU - Fang, Hanna
AU - Tajik-Parvinchi, Diana
AU - Viveiros, Helena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF) describes social communication functioning levels. First developed for preschoolers with ASD, this study tests an expanded age range (2-to-18 years). The ACFS rates the child’s typical and best (i.e., capacity) performance. Qualitative methods tested parent and clinician perspectives of the ACSF age expansion using content analysis. The ACSF was used twice by parents and professionals for the same child/youth. Reliabilities were assessed using weighted kappa. Content validity supported the ACSF’s applicability, clarity, and usability. The ACSF adaptations did not change its original construct. Reliability were calculated from 90 parent and professional Time-1 and Time-2 ratings for children/youth (2.1–15.6 years). Results showed good-to-very good intra-rater agreement (typical) and good inter-rater agreement (capacity).
AB - The Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF) describes social communication functioning levels. First developed for preschoolers with ASD, this study tests an expanded age range (2-to-18 years). The ACFS rates the child’s typical and best (i.e., capacity) performance. Qualitative methods tested parent and clinician perspectives of the ACSF age expansion using content analysis. The ACSF was used twice by parents and professionals for the same child/youth. Reliabilities were assessed using weighted kappa. Content validity supported the ACSF’s applicability, clarity, and usability. The ACSF adaptations did not change its original construct. Reliability were calculated from 90 parent and professional Time-1 and Time-2 ratings for children/youth (2.1–15.6 years). Results showed good-to-very good intra-rater agreement (typical) and good inter-rater agreement (capacity).
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Childhood
KW - Classification
KW - International classification of functioning
KW - Social communication
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-022-05621-z
DO - 10.1007/s10803-022-05621-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 35676381
AN - SCOPUS:85131603501
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 52
SP - 5150
EP - 5161
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 12
ER -