GAIN ADOS-2 Calibration: Toddler Module

Improve proficiency on the ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule- 2nd Edition), the gold-standard autism diagnostic test. The Toddler Module is for children between 12 and 30 months of age who do not consistently use phrase speech.

Description

The Global Autism Interactive Network (GAIN) is a professional development program designed to improve proficiency on the ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule - 2nd Edition), while creating a network of fellow ADOS-2 implementers.

GAIN is a 3-month series of Live online training webinars hosted by preeminent international ADOS-2 trainers. Trainers will review ADOS-2 administration guidelines and will discuss two recorded administration videos in detail during each webinar. Scoring data collected from all participants will also be analyzed and reviewed during the webinar. GAIN participants will be able to submit questions, comments and concerns to the GAIN training team which will be reviewed and answered in a separate webinar. GAIN trainers will also review and share relevant research findings with participants.

The target audience for this workshop is clinicians and researchers involved in the diagnostic assessment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Trainers

  • Vanessa Bal, Ph.D.

    Rutgers University

  • Somer Bishop, Ph.D.

    University of California San Francisco

  • Kourtney Nigh, Ph.D.

    University of Kansas

  • Amy Esler, Ph.D., LP

    University of Minnesota Medical School

Session Details

All webinars occur at the same time each month:

  • 9:45am - 11:15am Pacific Time USA
  • 10:45am - 12:15pm Mountain Time USA
  • 11:45am - 1:15pm Central Time USA
  • 12:45pm - 2:15pm Eastern Time USA

Module 1 Dates:

  • Webinar 1: Friday, January 31, 2025
  • Webinar 2: Friday, February 28, 2025
  • Webinar 3: Friday, March 28, 2025

Format: Zoom webinar

Cost

Cost varies based on your affiliation and whether or not you purchase CE credits (more information below).

  • Internal rate (KU only): $46
  • Academic rate (educational institutions and non-profits): $70
  • Market rate: $138
     
  • Internal rate (KU only) with CEs: $82
  • Academic rate (educational institutions and non-profits) with CEs: $125
  • Market rate with CEs: $246
PURCHASE Toddler Module
PURCHASE Annual Subscription

Objectives

  • Describe the administration and intent/purpose of the tasks in the ADOS-2 Toddler Module.
  • Describe the meaning of the specific codes of the ADOS-2 Toddler Module.
  • Evaluate their and others’ administration and coding of the ADOS-2 Toddler Module.
     

Prerequisites

This workshop is intended for clinicians and researchers who have attended and completed a clinical ADOS-2 training program.

Continuing Education credits

CE credits are available as an option at time of purchase, and must be added at time of purchase. Note that online CE contact hours will be awarded to licensed professionals who have met the attendance requirements. See Continuing Education for more information and specifics of eligibility. These workshops are worth a total of 4.5 CEs.

To receive CE credits for a module series, you must attend all 3 Live webinars of the series. Partial CE credit will NOT be offered. CE credits are only offered for live webinars and workshops and cannot be offered retroactively on Archived modules.

SPEAKER DISCLOSURES

Western Psychological Services (WPS), publisher of the ADOS-2, does not fund the GAIN program. GAIN focuses on the ADOS-2 only and will not include explicit training on other instruments. Dr. Somer Bishop receives honoraria from WPS as an author of the ADOS-2. This will not influence her discussion and she will not make recommendations for commercial products. She has no non-financial disclosures related to ADOS-2.

REFERENCES

  • Lord, C., Risi, S., Lambrecht, L., Cook, E. H., Leventhal, B. L., DiLavore, P. C., ... & Rutter, M. (2000). The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A standard measure of social and communication deficits associated with the spectrum of autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(3), 205-223.
  • Bal, V. H., Kim, S. H., Fok, M., & Lord, C. (2019). Autism spectrum disorder symptoms from ages 2 to 19 years: Implications for diagnosing adolescents and young adults. Autism Research, 12(1), 89-99.
  • Janvier, D., Choi, Y. B., Klein, C., Lord, C., & Kim, S. H. (2022). Brief report: Examining test-retest reliability of the autism diagnostic observation schedule (ADOS-2) calibrated severity scores (CSS). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(3), 1388-1394.
  • Kaat, A. J., Shui, A. M., Ghods, S. S., Farmer, C. A., Esler, A. N., Thurm, A., ... & Bishop, S. L. (2021). Sex differences in scores on standardized measures of autism symptoms: a multisite integrative data analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62(1), 97-106.
  • Zhong, N. H., Grimm, R. P., Kanne, S. M., & Mazurek, M. O. (2023). Measurement invariance of the Autism Impact Measure (AIM) across sex in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 16(1), 154-163.
  • Kim, S. H., Grzadzinski, R., Martinez, K., & Lord, C. (2019). Measuring treatment response in children with autism spectrum disorder: Applications of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change to the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule. Autism, 23(5), 1176-1185.