Autism-World

Because the BSE may not be readily available to U.S. clinicians, no specific recommendations on the use of this test were made. However, evidence from scientific studies about the use of various versions of the BSE for identifying young children with autism is used as the basis for supporting some general recommendations about the use of autism assessment instruments that provide a symptom severity rating.

The Behavioral Summarized Evaluation (BSE) (Barthelemy et al., 1992) is a rating scale developed in France and designed to measure changes in behavior in autistic children and adolescents. The BSE is intended to be completed by someone having daily contact with the child. Its primary use has been as a weekly or biweekly measure of clinical status of autistic children participating in various intervention studies. However, the original version of the BSE, a revised version (BSE-R) (Barthelemy et al., 1997) and a downward extension of the BSE known as the Infant Behavioral Summarized Evaluation (IBSE) (Adrien et al., 1992) have all been analyzed for their ability to identify autism in children.

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• An autism assessment instrument that provides a symptom severity rating may be useful for periodic monitoring of children with autism and for assessing outcomes. [D1]
• A behavior rating scale completed by someone familiar with the child (such as a parent, early childhood professional or teacher), when interpreted by a professional with expertise in assessing children with autism, may provide information that is useful in helping to identify and diagnose children with autism. [A]
  

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 1:22 pm and is filed under Autism Diagnosis.