Recommended Reading:

Publications about the ADOS:

Gotham, K., Risi, S., Pickles, A., & Lord, C. (2007). The Autism Diagnostic Observations Schedule: Revided Algorithms for Improved Diagnostic Validity. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 37 (4), 613-627

Lord, C., Rutter, M., DiLavore, P.C., & Risi, S. (2002). Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.

Lord, C., Risi, S., Lambrecht, L., Cook, E.H., Jr., Leventhal, B.L., DiLavore, P.C., Pickles, A., & Rutter, M. (2000). Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule - Generic: A standard measure of social and communication deficits associated with the spectrum of autism. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 30(3), 205-223.

DiLavore, P.C., Lord, C., & Rutter, M. (1995). The Pre-Linguistic Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25(4), 355-379.

Lord, C., Rutter, M., Goode, S., Heemsbergen, J., Jordan, H., Mawhood, L., & Schopler, E. (1989). Autism diagnostic observation schedule: A standardized observation of communicative and social behavior. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 19(2), 185-212.

Selected articles using the ADOS:

de Bildt, A., Sytema, S., Ketelaars, C., Kraijer, D., Volkmar, F., & Minderaa, R. (2003). Measuring pervasive developmental disorders in children and adolescents with mental retardation: A comparison of two screening instruments used in a study of the total mentally retarded population from a designated area. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33(6), 595-605.

Bishop, D.V.M., & Norbury, C.F. (2002). Exploring the borderlands of autistic disorder and specific language impairment: A study using standardized diagnostic instruments. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 43(7), 1-13.

Joseph R.M., Tager-Flusberg H., Lord C. (2002). Cognitive profiles and social-communicative functioning in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 43(6), 807-821.

Noterdaeme, M., Mildenberger, K., & Sitter, S. (2002). Parent information and direct observation in the diagnosis of pervasive and specific developmental disorders. Autism, 6(2), 159-168.

Publications about the ADI-R:

Rutter, M., Le Couteur, A., & Lord, C. (2003). ADI-R: The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.

Lord, C., Rutter, M., & Le Couteur, A. (1994). Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 659-685.

Lord, C. (1991). Methods and measures of behavior in the diagnosis of autism and related disorders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 14(1), 69-80.

Le Couteur, A., Rutter, M., & Lord, C. (1989). Autism Diagnostic Interview: A standardized investigator-based instrument. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 19(3), 363-387.

Selected articles using the ADI-R:

Cuccaro, M.L., Shao, Y., & Grubber, J. (2003). Factor analysis of restricted and repetitive behaviors in autism using the Autism Diagnostic Interview-R. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 34(1), 3-17.

de Bildt, A., Sytema, S., Ketelaars, C., Kraijer, D., Volkmar, F., & Minderaa, R. (2003). Measuring pervasive developmental disorders in children and adolescents with mental retardation: A comparison of two screening instruments used in a study of the total mentally retarded population from a designated area. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33(6), 595-605.

Goldberg, W.A., Osann, K., Filipek, P.A., Laulhere, T., Jarvis, K., Modahl, C., Flodman, P., & Spence, M.A. (2003). Language and other regression: Assessment and timing. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33(6), 607-616.

Saemundsen, E., Magnusson, P., Smari, J., & Sigurdardottir, S. (2003). Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised and the Childhood Autism Rating Scale: Convergence and discrepancy in diagnosing autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 33(3), 319-328.

Seltzer, M. M., Krauss, M.W., Shattuck, P.T., Orsmond, G., Swe, A., & Lord, C. (2003). The symptoms of autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and adulthood. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33(6), 565-581.

Tadevosyan-Leyfer, O., Dowd, M., & Mankoski, R. (2003). A principal components analysis of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(7), 864-872.

Bishop, D. V. M., & Norbury, C. F. (2002). Exploring the borderlands of autistic disorder and specific language impairment: a study using standardised diagnostic instruments. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 43(7), 917-929.

Noterdaeme, M., Mildenberger, K., & Sitter, S. (2002). Parent information and direct observation in the diagnosis of pervasive and specific developmental disorders. Autism, 6(2), 159-168.

Publications about the SCQ:

Rutter, M., Bailey, A., & Lord,C. (2003). SCQ: The Social Communication Questionnaire. Manual. Western Psychological Services: Los Angeles, CA.

Berument, S. K., Rutter, M., & Lord, C. (1999). Autism Screening Questionnaire: Diagnostic validity. British Journal of Psychiatry, 175, 444-451.

Selected studies using the SCQ

Corsello, C., Anderson, D., Qiu, S., Risi, S., & Lord, C. (2004, May). Another look at the Social Communication Questionnaire and its relationship to the Autism Diagnostic Interview. Paper presented at the International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR), Sacramento, CA.

Corsello, C., Cook, E., & Leventhal, B. (2003, April). A Screening Instrument for Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Poster session presented at the SRCD Biennial Conference, Tampa, FL.

Hanson, E., Sullivan, N., Thurm, A., Ware, J., & Lord, C. (2002, November). Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ). Poster session presented at the International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR), Sacramento, CA.