and ROC curve To assess the ability of the Complex Social GeoPref test to discriminate toddlers with ASD from other toddlers, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) area under the curve were deter- min...
DOE concerned that an increasing number of kids on the spectrum may not be receiving services from speech-language pathologists at school and these professionals are frequently left out of the evaluation process and not present at meetings to determine what services a child should receive under IDEA...
While it was previously considered a stand-alone diagnosis (separate from autism itself or another kind of autism previously known as “pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified,” or PDD-NOS) Asperger’s Syndrome now falls under the umbrella term Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in ...
but less than half of the articles presented enough information to be included in this analysis. On the other hand, analysis considering an adulthood threshold indicated higher specificity in studies that used only subjects under 18 y.o. when compared to studies without this restriction. This resul...
Madison falls slightly behind in this catetory. The bottom line: The ASD performs no better than district schools overall. Even in the case of the model, Brick Church Prep, a statistical anomaly created by a growing student population (they are adding a grade each year) creates the ...