ASD-CARC :: Announcement: Asperger Syndrome Study

NEW STUDY: Asperger Syndrome

Participants Needed…

Participants are currently being recruited to study the effectiveness of a new measure, the Asperger’s Disorder Behavior Inventory^TM (ADBI^TM) by Ira Cohen, PhD. This instrument will assist in both the diagnosis and treatment planning of individuals who are classified at the higher range of functioning on the Pervasive Developmental Disability (PDD) spectrum and should be of benefit to the affected persons, their parents and to professionals. The study has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities and will run through the summer of 2008.

Participants Needed:
◆ Individuals who have been diagnosed by a clinical psychologist, school psychologist or other health professional as having Asperger’s, PDD-NOS, or High Functioning Autism and who score in the average to above average range in language ability.
◆ Individuals who have been diagnosed by a clinical psychologist, school psychologist or other health professional as having ADHD, Conduct Disorder, Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Reading Disability or Nonverbal Learning Disability.
◆ Individuals must be between the ages of 5 and 21.

Participation Involves:
◆ One (or Two) parents completing the parent ADBI on their child or adolescent.
◆ One teacher completing the teacher ADBI on a student in his or her classroom.

Time Commitment:
◆ The Parent Version of the ADBI is 293 questions.
◆ The Teacher Version of the ADBI is 212 questions.
◆ Each version takes approximately ½ hour to complete.

Compensation:
◆ $20 for every completed form.
◆ A possible total of $60 if 2 parent ADBIs and 1 teacher ADBI are returned.

If you would like more information, have any questions, or are interested in participating, please send an e-mail to adbi@parinc.com

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