During a social skills assessment, a child or young person's ability to interact with others, handle social situations, and perceive social cues is evaluated. Common areas assessed include attention, language skills, play skills, and self-regulation. Assessments like the PEERS program, ADOS, ADI-R, and SSIS are used to evaluate social skills, communication, behavior, and other areas. The results of an assessment can be used to identify strengths and needs, and make recommendations for interventions and strategies.

1. Correct use of social skills and assessments
DR.s.Revathi
Assistant Professor

3. Social skills are the skills we use everyday
to interact and communicate with others.
They include verbal and non-verbal
communication, such as speech, gesture,
facial expression and body language.

4. 1.Attention and concentration
2.Receptive (understanding) language
3.Expressive (using) language
4.Play skills
5.Pre-language skills
6.Self regulation
7.Executive functioning
8.Planning and sequencing

5. WHAT HAPPENS DURING A SOCIAL
COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS
ASSESSMENT?
During a social communication and social skills
assessment we would assess
 how a child or young person interacts with others
 deals with social situations
how they perceive social situations.
 Assessing these areas help to understand where
any challenging areas for an individual.

6.  The PEERS program
assessment is based on a,
1. A multiple-choice questionnaire
for testing knowledge of social
skills,
2. A quality of social skills
questionnaire for the students
and parents,
3. self-report of outside group
practice exercises.

7.  Tony Attwood has a useful observation
tool for real-time assessment.
 The observation checklist includes
friendship skills such as
 recognizing cues to enter a
conversation
 giving an appropriate greeting,
accepting suggestions, and
cooperating

8. ACE
Assessment of comprehension and
expression provides information about
 language ability and measures
 verbal comprehension
 Expression
 Grammar knowledge
 semantic knowledge
 pragmatic knowledge

9. ADOS
Autism diagnostic
observation schedule can
be used to identify autistic
spectrum conditions (ASC) with a
range of language abilities.
It looks at;
 communication,
social interaction,
play,
Restricted behavior
 repetitive behavior

10. ADI-R
Autism diagnostic interview -
revised is a clinical interview
used with
parents, careers and young
people
 it investigates
language and communication
 reciprocal social interactions,
restricted, repetitive and
stereotyped behaviors and
interests

11. TASIT
The awareness of
social inference test can
be used from age 14 and
measures
emotion evaluation and
social inference

12. SSIS
Social skills improvement system helps to measure;
 communication,
 co-operation,
 assertion,
 responsibility,
 empathy,
 engagement,
 self-control,
 externalizing,
 bullying,
 Internalizing
 academic competence

13. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A SOCIAL
COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS
ASSESSMENT?
Following a social
communication and social
skills assessment we would
highlight areas of strength
and needs. We would also be
able to make
recommendations for the
future, including
interventions, onwards
referral and strategies.