Measuring Sensory Reactivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Application and Simplification of a Clinician-Administered Sensory Observation Scale

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 287-293

  Tavassoli, Teresa ^a   Bellesheim, Katherine ^a,b   Siper, Paige M ^a   Wang, A Ting ^a   Halpern, Danielle ^a   Gorenstein, Michelle ^a   Grodberg, David ^a   Kolevzon, Alexander ^a   Buxbaum, Joseph D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; New DSM 5 criterion; Sensory Processing Scale Assessment; Sensory reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DSM-5; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION SEEKING; SENSORY PROCESSING SCALE ASSESSMENT; SENSORY REACTIVITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSATION DISORDERS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84953837633     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2578-3     Document Type: Article

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