Table 1 Overview of scenario tasks in ADOS-2 Module 4 diagnosing process
Scenario | Name | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
S1 | Construction task | Involves the participant engaging in a task that requires constructing or assembling a set structure, testing spatial and motor skills, rather than communicative abilities. |
S2 | Telling a story from a book | Primarily a monologic task where the participant recounts a story from a book, differing from spontaneous dialogic interactions. |
S3 | Description of a picture | Participants describe a picture, testing their ability to interpret visual information and articulate a coherent description. |
S4 | Conversation and reporting | Focuses on the ability to engage in back-and-forth conversation and to report on past events. |
S5 | Current work and school | Discusses participants’ current educational and occupational engagements. |
S6 | Social difficulties and annoyance | Elicits experiences of social challenges and annoyances. |
S7 | Emotions | Requires participants to express and identify emotions. |
S8 | Demonstration task | Requires the participant to demonstrate how to use an item or explain a process, which does not involve interactive communication with an examiner. |
S9 | Cartoons | Involves interpreting sequences and explaining cartoon strips. |
S10 | Break | A pause or intermission in the assessment, involving no communicative or cognitive tasks. |
S11 | Daily living | Covers daily routines and personal care tasks. |
S12 | Friends, relationships, and marriage | Discusses personal relationships and social norms regarding friendships and marital status. |
S13 | Loneliness | Addresses feelings and situations of loneliness and isolation. |
S14 | Plans and hopes | Involves discussing future aspirations and plans. |
S15 | Creating a story | Tests creative storytelling abilities in an unstructured task. |
