Takeaways: This study explores the common motor skill assessment practices used with autistic children. This study highlighted great discrepancies among the applied procedures, which ultimately limits our ability to generalize findings from one study to the next.

Cite as: Colombo-Dougovito, A. M., Block, M. E., Zhang, X., & Strehli, I. (2020). A multiple method review of accommodations to standardized assessments commonly used with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. Autism, 24(3), 693-706. DOI: 10.1177/1362361319884400

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The purpose of this study is to understand the common accommodations used during standardized motor assessment of children on the autism spectrum. This study was completed in three parts: (1) a narrative review of the literature; (2) an open-ended survey sent to the first authors of the identified articles; and (3) a descriptive analysis of responses. Results revealed that 56.7% of the identified articles did not report enough information of assessment procedures, 18.9% followed the assessment manual, 16.9% provided accommodations on a needs basis, and 7.5% used a consistent modified protocol. Individual responses showed that extra demonstrations (n= 5) were the most frequent accommodation, followed by extra breaks (n= 3), picture cards (n= 2), and hand-over-hand assistance (n= 1); some respondents stated that they did not provide accommodations. The findings indicate that a clear set of accommodation for motor skill assessments does not exist, though some commonalities were reported. Further research is necessary to understand the impact of accommodations in the assessment process, as well as which accommodations are needed and/or effective.

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A multiple-method review of accommodations to gross motor assessments commonly used with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum - Andrew M Colombo-Dougovito, Martin E Block, Xiaoxia Zhang, Ildiko Strehli, 2020

The purpose of this study is to understand the common accommodations used during standardized motor assessment of children on the autism spectrum. This study was completed in three parts: (1) a narrative review of the literature; (2) an open-ended survey sent to the first authors of the identified articles; and (3) a descriptive analysis of responses.

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