BASC-2 PRS Profiles for Students with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Abstract

BASC-2 PRS profiles of 62 children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (HFASDs) were compared with those of 62 typically-developing children matched by age, gender, and ethnicity. Results indicated that, except for the Somatization, Conduct Problems, and Aggression scales, significant differences were found between the HFASD and typically-developing groups on all PRS scores. Mean HFASD scores were in the clinically significant range on the Behavioral Symptoms Index, Atypicality, Withdrawal, and Developmental Social Disorders scales. At-risk range HFASD means were obtained on the Adaptive Skills composite, all adaptive scales, remaining content scales (except Bullying), and Hyperactivity, Attention Problems, and Depression clinical scales. Screening indices suggested that the Developmental Social Disorders scale was highly effective in differentiating between the two groups.

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“…26 If future studies support this finding of a particularly strong response on the BASC-2 Atypicality scale to this RR approach, it suggests that this intervention had an unexpected effect on a core symptom of autism, assessed by the BASC-2 Atypicality scale (peculiar, odd, asocial, and inappropriate behaviors, as well as unusual visual perceptions). 26 Of note, the change score was 9 T-score points among the latency-aged children on this scale, rendering this both a statistically and clinically meaningful change.…”

“…The authors examined its three clinical composite indices (the Externalizing Scale, Internalizing Scale, and Behavioral Symptom Index or BSI), which comprise nine subscales, which were also examined: (1) Aggression, (2) Anxiety, (3) Attention problems, (4) Atypicality, (5) Conduct problems, (6) Depression, (7) Hyperactivity, (8) Somatization, and (9) Withdrawal subscales. A number of studies have supported the scale's structural and validity properties in children who have disruptive behavior 27 and in assessing the unusual thoughts and attention symptoms in children with an ASD, 26,28,29 epilepsy, 30 and for its use with preschool children. 31 The BASC-2 has agespecific child, parent, and teacher self-rating forms.…”

“…To determine whether there was a selection bias based on patients who entered compared to those who were referred to the study, the authors examined the BASC-2 pretest scores of the patients who completed the study in comparison with the established norms on the BASC-2 manual for children with autism, and with recently published 26 BASC-2 scores of children with autism (see Measures section below for description of the BASC-2). The mean scores of the total sample and of the subjects with whom the authors had the most robust post-treatment changes on the BASC-2 (subjects aged 5-12, see Results section) were very similar to the manual norms for BASC-2 and to the results of the recent study of the BASC-2 among patients with ASD 26 (Table 1).…”

Brief Report of Preliminary Outcomes of an Emotion Regulation Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

“…The BASC-2 is a standardized measure of clinical concern (i.e., anxiety) and adaptive skills (i.e., social skills) used to help identify typically occurring childhood and adolescent clinical diagnoses (Tan, 2007). It has been utilized in a number of studies involving children with ASD (e.g., Mahan & Matson, 2011;Volker et al, 2010). Parents completed the 150-item Parent Rating Scale, providing four general composites: Externalizing Behaviors, Internalizing Behaviors, Adaptive Behaviors, and Behavioral Symptoms Index.…”

Patterns of adaptive performance by individuals with autism spectrum disorders on the Behavior Assessment System for Children II (BASC-2)

“…Individuals with ASDs can exhibit marked differences in their adaptive skills compared with non-affected peers [7 -10] as well as in comparison to those with other disabilities [11 -13] . For example, Volker et al [9] found large differences between individuals with high functioning ASD (HFASD) compared with a neurotypical control group on all of the BASC-2 Parent Rating Scale (BASC-2-PRS) adaptive behavior scales. Specifically, individuals with HFASD were nearly 1.5 standard deviations below their neurotypical peers in the area of Social Skills.…”