Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC)

The ATEC is a caregiver-administered questionnaire designed to measure changes in severity of ASD in response to treatment.  The Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) was developed by Bernard Rimland and Stephen M. Edelson of the Autism Research Institute.

Copyright (c) 2016 Stephen M. Edelson

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ATEC Scoring Logic

A total score and four subscale scores are reported.

Questions in the first three subscales are scored using a 0–2 scale. The fourth subscale, Health/Physical/Behavior, is scored using a 0–3 point scale.

The first subscale, Speech/Language/Communication, contains 14 items and its score ranges from 0 to 28 points.

The Sociability subscale contains 20 items within 0–40 score range.

The third subscale, Sensory/Cognitive Awareness, has 18 items and scores range from 0 to 36.

Finally, the Health/Physical/Behavior subscale contains 25 items and scores range from 0 to 75

The scores from each subscale are combined in order to calculate a Total Score, which ranges from 0 to 179 points.

A lower score indicates a lower severity of ASD symptoms and a higher score correlates with more severe symptoms of ASD.