Communication Checklist - Adult (CC-A) screens adults for communication impairment and helps to identify subtle communicative difficulties indicative of the broader autism phenotype in individuals who are related to people with heritable disorders such as an ASD
Communication Checklist - Adult
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Communication Checklist - Adult

CC-A

Andrew Whitehouse,Dorothy Bishop, PhD
Communication Checklist - Adult (CC-A) screens adults for communication impairment and helps to identify subtle communicative difficulties indicative of the broader autism phenotype in individuals who are related to people with heritable disorders such as an ASD
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Publication date:
2009
Age range:
17 years to 79 years
Qualification level:
B
Completion time:
Individual - 5 to 15 minutes

Benefits

Suitable for use with adults who have a developmental disorder such as:

  • Specific language impairment
  • An autism spectrum disorder
  • Down syndrome
  • Fragile X syndrome
  • Learning difficulties
  • Adults with an acquired disorder, such as head injury

 

Features

  • 70-item questionnaire is completed by a respondent who has regular contact (3-4 days per week) with the individual and knows them well (partner, parent, friend, or carer)
  • 50 behavioural statements focus on communicative weaknesses and 20 on communicative strengths
  • Z scores, scaled scores, and percentiles are provided for the following 3 composites: Language Structure, Pragmatic Skills, Social Engagement, in addition to a total z score
  • Scores can be calculated by hand or with the CD-ROM scorer included in the kit

 

 

Author Margo Sharp talks about the 'particularly helpful CCC range' in SEN Magazine 47