Childhood Autism Rating Scale

A Comparison of the Development of Audiovisual Integration in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typically Developing Children

“…Both tests have demonstrated reliability and validity, and are widely used both clinically and in research (Raven et al, 1998;Dunn et al, 1997). The CARS is an observer-rating scale designed to screen for autism, and has demonstrated good reliability and validity (Schopler et al, 2002). The SCQ is a parent-report questionnaire designed to screen for pervasive developmental disorders, and has shown good reliability and validity in clinical samples (Rutter et al, 2003).…”

“…Each child with ASD had a pre-existing diagnosis of ASD (High-functioning Autism, Autism, or Asperger Syndrome) made by a qualified practitioner based upon criteria specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4 th Edition (APA, 1994) and was receiving specialist help within school because of this diagnosis. Each child was also rated by the experimenter using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS; Schopler, Reichler & Rochen Renner, 2002), and parents were asked to fill in the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ; Rutter, Bailey, Berument, Lord & Pickles, 2003), a parent-report measure designed to screen for pervasive developmental disorders. All participants completed the Ravens Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM; Raven, Raven & Court, 1998) and the British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS-II; Dunn, Dunn, Whetton & Burley, 1997).…”

Lexical composition in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

“…All the children manifested significant intellectual disability (mean score of 48 . 9 on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (Mullen, 1995) and scores of o30 on the Child Autism Rating Scale (CARS; Schopler, Reichler & Renner, 1988)). Over the 24-month period, fifteen children had a mean increase of only 10 words, eight gained 200 words, seven gained 453 words, and five children gained 638 words.…”

A cross-syndrome study of the development of holistic face recognition in children with autism, Down syndrome, and Williams syndrome

“…For the TD group, chronological age predicted 93% of the variance in BPVS mental ages, 85% of the variance in PC mental ages, and 85% of the variance in Benton raw scores, testifying that this group was representative of the typically developing population. Children in the autism group were also assessed on Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) (Schopler et al, 1993). The CARS was used in preference to the ADOS (Lord et al, 1999) because of the continuous scale it offers for the severity of autistic symptoms (see Rellini, Tortolani, Trillo, Carbone & Montecchi, 2004, for review).…”