How long is the ADOS training?
How long is the ADOS Training? This is a common question that people often ask. If you search ADOS training courses, you will find that they vary in length: the shortest is 2 days long and the longest is 5 … Read More
Tests Don’t Diagnose Autism: Clinicians Do
Our Role in the ADOS What does this mean? This means that we have to create a more informal environment. The ADOS is a social communication assessment, we want, and need, opportunities to see overtures, responses, sharing information, reporting events, … Read More
ADOS-2 Training: Which way to Turn?
Back in the day, it was not a difficult decision as ADOS training was only offered by the NHS. I trained at the Tavistock, as many of my friends and colleagues did, and it was great. This was pre-covid, so … Read More
3 Tips for Recently Trained ADOS-2 Clinicians
Spend time reading through the coding section at the back of each module booklet. This contains all the items that we code immediately after the ADOS-2. There is a lot of information in the descriptors, and it is essential that you understand … Read More
Clinical thinking in ADOS-2 tasks
Recently, someone posted about the lovely way that they administer the construction task. They asked about how I do it. I said, “I don’t do anything particularly interesting.” That is not a criticism of myself, it’s a truism but it … Read More
Coding the ADOS-2
The ADOS-2 is a semi-structured, standardised observational assessment, often used as part of wider formal autism assessments. Practitioners are trained to notice specific information that helps them code items in 5 different areas: The ADOS-2 is a very clever tool that provides … Read More
3 Things You Should Know Before Doing the ADOS-2 Training
3 things you need to know before doing the ADOS-2 Training. 1. You will not be ready to start using the ADOS immediately after completing the training…
ADOS-2 Reliability Workshops to Calibrate Coding
The ADOS-2 is unlike any other assessment I know in that you never stop learning and developing your administration and coding skills. One of the ways we have to do that is by attending reliability workshops to calibrate coding and … Read More
ADOS Assessment
The ADOS is more than an assessment, it’s a rich source of information that can help plan and provide support for autistic individuals. To use the ADOS or not? The ADOS has come under increasing scrutiny as we learn more … Read More