Does anyone one how to interpret the ADOS Module - 2 results? I was faxed a copy of my daughter's psychological evaluation so I could bring it to the IEP but I wasn't given an explanation of what this all means. Are low numbers better? She was given a DSM-IV Diagnosis of 299.00 which is autism and the Dr. put mild in parenthesis. All the numbers on the ADOS seem to be at or below the cut-off but maybe I have that backwards.
Communication - total = 2, Social Interaction - total = 5, Communication + Social Interaction total = 7
It says that the autism cut off = 12 and autism-spectrum = 8. If that the case why did she give her a autism diagnosis?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Well...... It's probably best to call them and ask them. My understanding of the ADOS is that a score of 0-6 is no ASD, 7-11 is ASD, and 12+ is classic autism. My son was given the ADOS in late March and he scored an 8. That, in addition to his Vineland (which was one point below average on the adaptive score) and some other test qualified him for a diagnosis of PDD-NOS. I do know that the Dr. administering the test and giving the dx often times uses their judgement and knowledge of your child and their history and performance on other evaluations to make a dx. So asking the person who made the diagnosis is probably going to be your best bet.
JulieA,
Thanks for your reply, that answers my question. I'm meeting with them later to discuss the results, I just got a copy early. At first the Dr. told me she thought it was PDD-NOS but it looks like she changed her mind.
Love that picture, your son is adorable.
abbytherabbit
Hi,
The girls got a 13 iirc, and they are diagnosed autistic.
When ds was first tested, he got an 11. This was done by a completely incompetent first-year-out-of-grad-school psychologist. Sorry, but it's true. In fact, the dev ped who evaluated him three months later said that that ADOS score was WAY inflated. I don't remember what he got last year - but he got the next Module higher. I don't remember if he started with 2 or 3 - so last year he got 3 or 4. I think ths scoring is the same, however, on all modules.
I know last year he couldn't stop talking about tornadoes and hurricanes. Three weeks later he started fish oil and five weeks later we were never hearing about tornandoes and hurricanes. Thank GOODNESS I didn't start him on the fish oil before his evaluation, huh? Because the obsessive talk really skewed his ADOS score as they had a hard time getting him to talk about anything else. He'd answer their questions for the most part, but then go right back to his talk. It could have been that I MIGHT have mentioned that the person evaluating him liked hurricanes
Anyway, lower scores indicate less likelihood of autism. They don't just go based on one test (at least they shouldn't!). They should use several measures - including observations in different settings (or at least documentation of such - like observations done by the school).
Hi Snoopywoman,
Yes they are going on only one test. My three year old daughter had never met this Dr. before and she wasn't the warmest person either. The Dr. did not let me sit on on the testing so my daughter was all alone with a strange person in a strange setting for about two hours. We had just come back from a family trip complete with a plane ride from hell just a few days before. So I'm wondering how accurate this really is, but hey we are getting services so that's a good thing.
We had her evaluated by a psychologist through the school district and have an IEP scheduled. They said they are not sure if she is on the autism spectrum but "have some concerns".
The first Dr. also gave her a much lower IQ score than I thought she should get but what do I know, me dumb parent.