Development of a Basic Work Skills Assessment Tool for Adolescents with Autism
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The purpose of this study was to develop a
basic work skills assessment tool for adolescents
with a diagnosis of autism through content validity,
and interrater and intrarater reliability using
was developed from a literature review and was
to record the number of prompts. Six adolescents
with autism aged 13-16 years were selected by
purposive sampling according to the certain criteria.
Two raters observed the work task performance
of each participant and recorded the number of
prompts in order to analyze interrater reliability.
After 2 weeks of allowing for wash out effect, one
rater who was also the tester repeated the same
process, and then intrarater reliability was calculated.
The ICCs of Interrater reliability in scores of work
abilities, and work attitudes, and total scores
The ICCs of intrarater reliability in scores of work
abilities, work attitudes and total scores were
its moderate to high reliability, the interrater reliability
was acceptable but intrarater reliability was not.
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