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Amy Esler

University of Minnesota
Verified email at umn.edu
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The autism diagnostic observation schedule, toddler module: standardized severity scores

AN Esler, VH Bal, W Guthrie, A Wetherby… - Journal of autism and …, 2015 - Springer
Standardized calibrated severity scores (CSS) have been created for Autism Diagnostic
Observation Schedule, 2nd edition (ADOS-2) Modules 1–4 as a metric of the relative severity of …

A multisite study of the clinical diagnosis of different autism spectrum disorders

…, LA Green-Snyder, S Bishop, A Esler… - Archives of general …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Context Best-estimate clinical diagnoses of specific autism spectrum disorders (autistic
disorder, pervasive developmental disorder–not otherwise specified, and Asperger syndrome) …

Early language patterns of toddlers on the autism spectrum compared to toddlers with developmental delay

S Ellis Weismer, C Lord, A Esler - Journal of autism and developmental …, 2010 - Springer
This study characterized early language abilities in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders (n
= 257) using multiple measures of language development, compared to toddlers with non-…

The role of diagnostic instruments in dual and differential diagnosis in autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan

C Shulman, CE Rice, MJ Morrier, A Esler - Psychiatric Clinics, 2020 - psych.theclinics.com
Background Specifying autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been the goal of clinicians and
researchers alike over the past 40 years, in an attempt to understand the heterogeneity and …

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Toddler Module: A new module of a standardized diagnostic measure for autism spectrum disorders

…, R Petrak, K Pierce, S Bishop, A Esler… - Journal of autism and …, 2009 - Springer
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS; Lord et al., J Autism Dev Disord, 30(3):205–223,
2000 ) is widely accepted as a “gold standard” diagnostic instrument, but it is of …

[PDF][PDF] SPARK: A US cohort of 50,000 families to accelerate autism research

…, LAG Snyder, A Beaumont, A Camba, A Esler… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has launched SPARKForAutism.org,
a dynamic platform that is engaging thousands of individuals with autism spectrum …

Autism spectrum disorder in fragile X syndrome: cooccurring conditions and current treatment

…, SA Kidd, HF Andrews, DB Budimirovic, A Esler… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) are frequently
codiagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Most of our current knowledge about …

Sex differences in scores on standardized measures of autism symptoms: a multisite integrative data analysis

…, SS Ghods, CA Farmer, AN Esler… - Journal of Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Concerns have been raised that scores on standard measures of autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) symptoms may differ as a function of sex. However, these findings are …

Disparities in documented diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder based on demographic, individual, and service factors

LD Wiggins, M Durkin, A Esler, LC Lee… - Autism …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The objectives of our study were to (a) report how many children met an autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) surveillance definition but had no clinical diagnosis of ASD in health or …

National study of school psychologists' use of evidence-based assessment in autism spectrum disorder

R Aiello, L Ruble, A Esler - Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to better understand predictors of evidence-based assessment practices
for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Nationwide, 402 school psychologists were surveyed for …