Youth Functioning
- Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills, Revised (ABLLS-R)
- Casey Life Skills (CLS)
- Weschler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence - 2nd edition (WASI-II)
- WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0)
- Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ-IV)
What it Measures
Deficiencies in language, academic, self-help, and motor skills for children with autism or other developmental disabilities.
Provides a comprehensive review of skills that most typically developing children acquire prior to entering kindergarten.
Minimum Age
0
Maximum Age
12
Domains/Subscales
25 Skill Areas:
Cooperation & Reinforcer Effectiveness, Visual Performance, Receptive Language, Motor Imitation, Vocal Imitation, Requests, Labeling, Intraverbals, Spontaneous Vocalizations, Syntax and Grammar, Play and Leisure, Social Interaction, Group Interaction, Classroom Routines, Generalized Responding, Reading, Math, Writing, Spelling, Dressing, Eating, Grooming, Toileting, Gross Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills
Number of Items
544
Free or Cost
$
Website for More Information
https://partingtonbehavioranalysts.com/products/ablls-r-the-assessment-of-basic-language-and-learning-skills-revised
Reviewer Notes
What it Measures
Behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve their long-term goals.
Minimum Age
14
Maximum Age
21
Domains/Subscales
Examples provided are: maintaining healthy relationships; work and study habits; planning and goal-setting; using community resources; daily living activities; budgeting and paying bills; computer literacy; permanent connections to caring adults
Number of Items
Questions are organized around different domains. There are 112 in total
Free or Cost
Free
Website for More Information
https://www.casey.org/casey-life-skills-resources/
Reviewer Notes
What it Measures
Cognitive ability in clinical, educational, and research settings
Reading comprehension, intelligence, academic achievement, vocabulary.
Minimum Age
6
Maximum Age
99
Domains/Subscales
Subtests
-Vocabulary
-Similarities
-Block Design
-Matrix Reasoning
Number of Items
Two or Four Subtests
Free or Cost
$
Website for More Information
https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Cognition-%26-Neuro/Wechsler-Abbreviated-Scale-of-Intelligence-%7C-Second-Edition/p/100000593.html?tab=product-details
https://www.txautism.net/evaluations/wechsler-abbreviated-scale-of-intelligence-second-edition
Reviewer Notes
What it Measures
A generic assessment instrument developed by WHO to provide a standardized method for measuring health and disability across cultures.
Minimum Age
18
Maximum Age
99
Domains/Subscales
Cognition – understanding & communicating
Mobility– moving & getting around
Self-care– hygiene, dressing, eating & staying alone
Getting along– interacting with other people
Life activities– domestic responsibilities, leisure, work & school
Participation– joining in community activities
Number of Items
36-item or 12-item versions
Free or Cost
Free
Website for More Information
https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/international-classification-of-functioning-disability-and-health/who-disability-assessment-schedule
Reviewer Notes
What it Measures
Strengths and weaknesses across cognitive, oral language, and academic abilities.
Minimum Age
2
Maximum Age
21
Domains/Subscales
4 Academic Domains: Written Language, Mathematics, Reading, Academic Knowledge
20 Tests: Letter-Word Identification, Applied Problems, Spelling, Passage Comprehension, Calculation, Writing Samples, Word Attack, Oral Reading, Sentence Reading Fluency, Math Facts Fluency, Writing Fluency, Reading Recall, Number Matrices, Editing, Word Reading Fluency, Spelling of Sounds, Reading Vocabulary, Science, Social Studies, Humanities
Number of Items
6 Standard Battery core subtests
Free or Cost
$
Website for More Information
https://riversideinsights.com/woodcock_johnson_iv
Reviewer Notes
2+
WJ-IV Tests of Early Cognitive
and Academic Development (ECAD): 2-6 through 7-11