\u200bWe do comprehensive assessments to determine if the person has an autism spectrum disorder. These assessments typically consist of, Gathering a history of the person, including family, pregnancy, and developmental history,Administering standardized measures like the Childhood Autism Rating Scale 2 (CARS-2), and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule 2 (ADOS-2), and, if necessary, an adaptive behavior measure. An adaptive behaviour measure looks at how independent a person is day-to-day. Skills are reviewed with parents, including communication skills, social skills, motor skills and personal care skills like toileting, feeding and dressing,Completing other questionnaires about behavioral or emotional difficulties, as necessary,Reviewing other reports from other healthcare professionals, such as Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, other Psychologists, Pediatricians and Psychiatrists. School report cards are also helpful,Observing the child at home or at school, if necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","lpm_province":[26],"lpm_need":[52,48],"lpm_journey":[64,62],"lpm_service_type":[],"lpm_language":[44],"lpm_keyword":[7449,7455,7752],"class_list":["post-13062","lpm_program","type-lpm_program","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n