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Can brigance assessment be used to children with autism?

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Yes: See info below: autism developmental skills assessment - bridges educational corp autism developmental skill assessment: the brigance : provides developmental age equivalencies based on the presence or absence of particular skills in comprehensive ... www.bridgesaba.com/brigance.html - cached.

Answered 9/15/2013

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Dr. Johanna Fricke answered

Specializes in Pediatrics - Developmental and Behavioral

Teachers screen: kids in PK - elementary school with the Brigance System to obtain age-equivalents in specific abilities for yearly revision of Individual Educational Plans. Child Psychologists & Neuropsychologists use standardized tests of IQ & adaptive skills at age 5 & older to diagnose Intellectual Disability, comorbid in 35-65% of kids with Autistic Spectrum Disorder & other tools to define degree of ASD.

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