TASN Autism and Tertiary Behavior Supports (ATBS)

Assessments for Students

• Autism Social Skills Profile-2 (ASSP-2)
  • A tool available in Building Social Relationships 3: A Systematic Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and Adolescents with Autism and Other Social Challenges to assist in identifying social skills deficits as related to three areas: social reciprocity (SER),  social participation/avoidance (SPA), and detrimental social behaviors (DSB).
• Behavior Assessment Scale for Children – 3rd Edition (BASC-3)
  • A comprehensive set of rating scales and forms including the Teacher Rating Scales (TRS), Parent Rating Scales (PRS), and Self-Report of Personality (SRP). This assessment was created to help understand the behaviors and emotions of children and adolescents ages 2-21.
• Child Interview of Social Functioning
  • A set of questions to be answered by the child that addresses social, emotional, interests/routines, and stereotypical behaviors.  Available in Building Social Relationships 3: A Systematic Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and Adolescents with Autism and Other Social Challenges.
• The Double Interview
  • This informal assessment could be used to assess the social communication abilities of students ages 8 and over with high functioning autism.  In this assessment the student is interviewed by a teacher or clinician then has the opportunity to conduct his or her own interview of the teacher/clinician using photos as cues.  Available in Michelle Garcia Winner’s book Thinking About You Thinking About Me: Teaching Perspective Taking and Social Thinking to Persons with Social Cognitive Learning Challenge-2nd Edition; pages 217-225.
• NEPSY-2 Social Perception
  • The Social Perception domain includes the Affect Recognition and Theory of Mind subtests. The subcomponents of this domain include facial affect recognition and the ability to comprehend others perspectives, intentions, and beliefs (i.e., theory of mind).  For individuals ages 3-16.
• Parent Interview of Social Functioning
  • A set of questions for parents/caregivers related to social skills (i.e., social functioning, social communication, and interests) as they relate to the child.  Available in Building Social Relationships 3: A Systematic Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and Adolescents with Autism and Other Social Challenges.
• School Assessment Rating Scale for Asperger’s Syndrome
  • This tool is designed to identify behaviors and abilities indicative of Asperger’s Syndrome in children in order to identify at risk students.  This version has been modified to use with individuals in grades K-12.
• School Social Behavior Scales and Home and Community Social Behavior Scales
  • These assessments are for use with individuals in grades kindergarten through twelfth and provide a comprehensive look at an individual's social emotional strengths and risk behaviors in school, home, and community.
• The Social-Emotional Assets and Resilience Scales
  • This strength based assessment for individuals in grades three through twelve, measures common constructs that include responsibility, empathy, self-regulation, and social competence.
• Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Rating Scales
  • For use with individuals ages 3-18, this assessment contains social skills, problem behaviors, and academic competence scales.
• Triad Social Skills Assessment, Second Edition
  • Criterion-based assessment for individuals ages 6-12 that assesses knowledge and skills in three areas specific to social skills: (a) cognitive, (b) behavioral, and (c) affective.        

Data Collection

• The Data Collection Toolkit:  Everything You Need to Organize, Manage, and Monitor Classroom Data
• Taming the Data Monster:  Collecting and Analyzing Classroom Data to Improve Student Progress
• Show Me the Data!  Data-Based Instructional Decisions Made Simple and Easy

Self-Assessments for Educators

• Self-Assessing Social Emotional Instruction and Competencies
  • This tool, from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at American Institutes for Research, can be used by educators to reflect on both their own teaching practices that affect student social-emotional competencies as well as their own social-emotional competencies to implement those practices.
• Teacher Self-Assessment Tool
  • This reflective tool, from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at American Institutes for Research, can be used individually or with a coach to help educators determine their readiness to become a teacher leader.