ADOS-2 Assessment Training

ADOS-2 Assessment Training

This exciting event is your chance to enhance your knowledge on the ADOS-2 assessment and ASD team evaluations! Join us for our fall training at USD Sanford School of Medicine in Sioux Falls, SD. This training has the addition of important content to better support education teams! This in-person training will provide valuable insights and practical skills for professionals working with individuals on the autism spectrum. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to expand your expertise on the ADOS-2 assessment and ASD evaluations. Register now!

This 2-day training will include comprehensive training on the Autism and Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) with instructional methods including lectures, videos, demonstrations of administration, and scoring, in addition to a third day designed to support education teams, and professionals, related to creating meaningful educational goals from assessment results.

This unique training opportunity will provide support, clarification, and practice for ASD evaluation teams. We are encouraging teams to send 1-3 staff to the ADOS-2 training, who are likely to administer the assessment.

ADOS-2 Assessment

(Thursday, October 16 & Friday, October 17, 2024, 8:30a-4:30p lunch will be provided):

The ADOS-2 is viewed as the “gold standard” for observational assessment of ASD. Participants will look in-depth into the scoring and coding of the ADOS-2, Modules 1-4, analyze ASD diagnostic criteria and discuss how the ADOS-2 is used to assess for an autism diagnosis. Participants will have the opportunity to practice scoring while observing the administration of the ADOS-2 by national trainer, Cynthia Martin, PsyD (from the Child Mind Institute), followed by an in-depth discussion. The goal is to provide a detailed overview of the ADOS-2, its development, its psychometric properties, and appropriate use and interpretation. Cost: $300

Optional Learning Lab (Thursday, October 16 & Friday, October 17, 2024, 4:30p-5:30p): Center for Disabilities’ staff will be available for participants to stay and practice with assessment materials and receive support and feedback. No additional registration required.

*Participants need to bring their own ADOS-2 Manual to the training to reference throughout (a limited number of manuals will be available for check-out during the training).

**Participants are strongly encouraged to read through and become familiar with the manual prior to the first day to gain the most from the training. Participants should have some working knowledge of the ADOS-2 assessment, otherwise they may be overwhelmed with the pace of this training.

***A Level C qualification is required to administer the ADOS-2, please refer to the WPS website for more information https://ecom-cdn.wpspublish.com/prod/media/content-wps/QualificationGuidelines.pdf

Training Location: University of South Dakota

Trainers: Cynthia Martin, PsyD; Aimee Deliramich, PhD

Continuing Education: A certificate of completion/attendance will be provided for each training completed or the option of 1 graduate credit for an additional fee. If additional information is needed for your credentialing/licensing board, please contact us.

**If you are interested in attending this training and it is sold out or registration is closed, please sign up for the waitlist in case of cancellations. Walk-ins will not be allowed.

The development of this course was supported in part by IDEA Part B Grant # H027A130166 and IDEA Part B Section 619 Grant # H173A130091 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs through the South Dakota Department of Education, Special Education Programs. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Education and should not be regarded as such.

Learn a little more about our new international trainer, Dr. Cynthia Martin!

Dr. Martin is a nationally recognized expert in autism, neurodevelopmental disorders and rare genetic conditions that affect development and behavior. Dr. Martin is an international trainer on gold standard assessments used in autism evaluations and specializes in the comprehensive evaluation, early detection and evidenced-based treatment of autism and related disorders.

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