Asperger Help

There is currently a critical need to develop reliable and valid
social skills assessment tools for children and adolescents with
autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The Autism Social Skills
Profile (ASSP) is a new assessment tool that provides a comprehensive
measure of social functioning in children and
adolescents with ASD. The ASSP was designed to assist with
intervention planning and to provide a measure of intervention
outcomes. This study provided a preliminary analysis of the
psychometric properties of the ASSP to determine the underlying
structure, or subscales, of the instrument. Results indicate
that the ASSP has excellent psychometric properties with
respect to internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and
concurrent validity. Results suggest that the ASSP contains
three subscales, labeled Social Reciprocity, Social Participation/
Avoidance, and Detrimental Social Behaviors