Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition

Audience

Those purchasing the ADOS-2 Training Video program must be a Psychologist (User Level C) or hold a bachelors degree in a similar Allied Health field (User Level B). This includes Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology and Special Education.  They must also hold a practicing licence with their relevant agency. 

Course Structure

The ADOS 2 Training Video Program consists of modules that comprise up to thirty hours of training.

Learning Outcomes

After undertaking this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the general administration and coding procedures for the ADOS-2
• Identify specific administration techniques for Modules 1-4
• Recognise how to apply ADOS-2 codes to specific behaviours observed during administration of Modules 1-4 
• Identify specific administration techniques for the Toddler Module
• Recognise how to apply ADOS-2 codes to specific behaviours observed during administration of the Toddler Module
• Recognise how to choose the appropriate ADOS-2 algorithm scores
• Recognise how to convert assigned ratings to algorithm scores
• Identify how to apply the ADOS-2 Classification and ADOS-2 Range of concern based on algorithm scores
• Identify how to apply the ADOS-2 Comparison score based on algorithm scores
• Recognise the difference between the ADOS-2 Classification/ADOS-2 Range of concern and the overall diagnosis/overall clinical impression 

Prerequisites

Please note: Due to the sensitivity of some elements of this content, the original publisher WPS requires further detail be provided by some User Level B purchasers. Upon purchase of the Training Video program in Australia and New Zealand users will be required to provide their experience and licence details to enable access to the learning materials. This detail will be requested through the LMS.