Autism Spectrum Rating Scales (ASRS)

Autism Spectrum Rating Scales (ASRS)

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  Authors : Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. & Jack A. Naglieri, Ph.D.


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  Age Range : 2 to 18


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  Administration Time 




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  20 minutes


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  Short form: 5 minutes


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  Administration Type




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  Parent-completed


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  Teacher-completed

The ASRS was designed to effectively identify symptoms, behaviors, and associated features of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in children and adolescents aged 2 to 18.

This innovative instrument, authored by the highly respected Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., and Jack A. Naglieri, Ph.D., is a norm-referenced assessment based on a nationally representative sample, designed to identify symptoms, behaviors, and associated features of the full range of Autism Spectrum Disorders.

The ASRS scale is an easy-to-use and convenient tool intended for psychologists, school psychologists, clinical social workers, physicians, counselors, psychiatric workers, and pediatric/psychiatric nurses.

The ASRS will assist you in the diagnostic process. ASRS items assess DSM-IV-TR™ symptom criteria for ASDs. When used in combination with other assessment information, results from the ASRS can help guide your diagnostic decisions, treatment planning, ongoing monitoring of response to intervention, and evaluating the effectiveness of a treatment program for a child with an ASD.

How to Use the Assessment Using a five-point Likert rating scale, parents and teachers are asked to evaluate how often they observed specific behaviors in the child or adolescent in areas such as socialization, communication, unusual behaviors, behavioral rigidity, sensory sensitivity, and self-regulation. 

You can choose between two versions: ASRS (2–5 Years) for ratings of children aged 2 to 5 and ASRS (6–18 Years) for ratings of children or adolescents aged 6 to 18. The ASRS can be easily and quickly completed and scored automatically with the ASRS online from any Internet connection. The ASRS can also be scored using the ASRS Scoring Software simply be entering responses from a completed paper-and-pencil administration into the software (ratings from paper-and pencil forms can also be scored online). Paper-and-pencil administrations on ASRS Quikscore forms can be scored by hand.

There is also a 15-item ASRS Short form available. The ASRS Short form provides an efficient way to screen large numbers of children for possible ASD and can be used for monitoring treatment progress. 

Scales & FormsASRS Scales

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  Social/Communication


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  Unusual Behaviors


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  Self-Regulation (ASRS [6–18 Years] only)

Treatment Scales

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  Peer Socialization


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  Adult Socialization


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  Social/Emotional Reciprocity


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  Atypical Language


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  Stereotypy


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  Behavioral Rigidity


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  Sensory Sensitivity


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  Attention/Self-Regulation (ASRS [2–5 Years] only)


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  Attention (ASRS [6–18 Years] only)