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Purpose
Assesses the skills and behaviors of children with autism and communicative disabilities
Authors
Eric Schopler, PhD, Margaret D. Lansing, Robert J. Reichler, MD, and Lee M. Marcus
Administration Formats
Additional Details
Evaluate the Skills and Behaviors of Children with Autism
The PEP-3 assesses the skills and behaviors of children with autism and communicative disabilities who function between the ages of 6 months and 7 years.
- Profile graphically charts uneven and idiosyncratic development, emerging skills, and autistic behavioral characteristics.
- Assists in educational programming for young children with disabilities; is particularly useful in planning for older students’ IEPs.
- A Caregiver Report, designed to be completed prior to the administration of the assessment, asks the parent or caregiver to estimate the child’s developmental level compared with typical children.
- Includes additional data to identify special learning strengths and teachable skills.
- Functional domains reflect current research and clinical concerns, especially in the area of social and communication functions.
- Normative data were collected from 2002 to 2003, with large national samples of children within the autism spectrum as well as typical children ages 2-7.5 years.