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
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
My first tip is based on observations of recently trained ADOS-2 clinicians administering activities. One of the things that many people often find very difficult is giving instructions for tasks. Giving instructions might seem like a minor part of administering … Read More
Multi-Disciplinary Professionals Network (MDPN) Inaugural Event, April 2025 AUTISM AND MENTAL HEALTH: APPLICATION TO PRACTICE We chose this as the topic of our first event as it is widely recognised that autistic people are vulnerable to mental health difficulties, and … Read More
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
Most people that use the ADOS-2 would probably say that the D codes are the hardest to feel confident about coding, in particular, D1 and D2. In this blog post, we are going to reflect on information in D1 and … Read More
MDPN is a community of different disciplines, e.g., speech & language therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists, teachers, nurses, psychiatrists, paediatricians, researchers, academics, working with neurodivergent people across the lifespan (our main focus in on autism). We might differ in our core … Read More
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
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 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…