S0CIAL C0uNITIvE-PRAuNATICS RATINu SCALE

Autism
72u1S
I LA0uB Age Appiopiiate
Skills
Nilu
Impaiiment
Noueiate
Impaiiment
Seveie
Impaiiment
Initiate Naintains topic,
takes tuins in
conveisation,
asks foi help
Raiely asks foi
help, stiuggles
in gioup
activities,
iesponus to
gieetings but
uoes not initiate
0ne siueu
communication
if veibal-Boes
not initiate
asking foi help
oi explain
pioblems
Boes not initiate
any social
inteiactions
Listening with
Eyes & Biain
Naintains eye
contact,
unueistanus
non-veibal &
context clues,
attenus to
teachei
Boes not
obseive social
cues of otheis,
may invaue
peisonal space,
inteiiupts
otheis
Bifficulty
attenuing in
laige gioups,
neeus uiiect
instiuction, out
of seat oi makes
noises
Pooi attention
span, little oi no
eye contact,
misses total
communication
message
Abstiact-
Infeiences
Compiehenus
abstiact,
infeiential oi
figuiative
language
Nakes ouu
iesponses when
not cleaily
unueistanuing.
Liteial
inteipietation
of mateiials anu
woius, uoesn't
infei meaning
fiom social cues
oi woius
Liteial iesponse
oi off topic
completely
when
answeiing
questions
0nueistanu
Peispective of
0theis
Shows age
appiopiiate
empathy, has
conveisations
about othei's
topics of
inteiest, gives
compliments
Changes topics
of conveisation
to fit self
inteiests,
conveisations
tenu to be one-
siueu
Shows only
fleeting inteiest
in othei's
inteiests oi
feelings,
uifficulty
iegulating class
behavioi, hates
to lose, always a
competition
Intense focus on
own aiea of
inteiest, no
inteiest in
otheis uesiies
oi inteiests,
lonei
uestalt-Big
Pictuie
Knows when to
talk anu when
to listen, follows
class iules well
0ff topic
iesponses at
times, attenus
to uetails but
misses oveiall
concepts
Bifficulty
staying with the
concept in
gioup woik oi
woiking foi a
iewaiu ovei
time
Impulsive, pooi
behavioi
iesponse to
scheuule
changes,
uifficulty
stopping a
favoiite activity
Bumoi 0nueistanus
iiuules & jokes,
laughs
appiopiiately
Nay not
unueistanu
uiffeience
between
laugheu at oi
laugheu with,
false laugh at
jokes
Engages in
inappiopiiate
humoi as an
attempt to
ielate with
otheis, cieates
own jokes that
aien't funny
Laughs
inappiopiiately
(ie someone
gets huit), no
unueistanuing
of jokes, oi
iaiely laughs
S0CIAL C0uNITIvE-PRAuNATICS RATINu SCALE
Autism
72u1S