Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018
Assessing Quality of Program Environments for Children and Youth with Autism: Autism Program Environment Rating Scale (APERS).
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Employing Evidence-Based Practices for Children with Autism in Elementary Schools.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Trial
- Staff Training to Improve the Preschool Educational Environment for Children with Special Needs.Behavior analysis in practice · 2026Article
- Examining the Impact of an Adapted Professional Development Model for the Advancing Social-Communication and Play (ASAP) Intervention.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Autism Program Environment Rating Scale in Swedish Primary School: Cultural Adaptation and Content Validation.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- From Someone Who May Cause Trouble to Someone You Can Play With: Stakeholders' Perspectives on Preschool Program Quality for Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Practice-driven research for statewide scale up: Implementation outcomes of the California Autism Professional Training and Information Network.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- A Personalized Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluating and Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Educational Interventions for Children and Youth with Autism: A 40-Year Perspective.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Review
- Quality of high school programs for students with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2020Article
- Statewide Interagency Collaboration to Support Evidence-based Practice Scale Up: The California Autism Professional Training and Information Network (CAPTAIN).Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2020Article
- Growth mixture models of adaptive behavior in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2019Article
- Psychometric Assessments of Three Self-Report Autism Scales (AQ, RBQ-2A, and SQ) for General Adult Populations.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
- Cross-Cultural Content Validity of the Autism Program Environment Rating Scale in Sweden.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Autism Program Environment Rating Scale (APERS), an instrument designed to assess quality of program environments for students with autism spectrum disorder. Data sets from two samples of public school programs that provided services to children and youth with autism spectrum disorder were utilized. Cronbach alpha analyses indicated high coefficients of internal consistency for the total APERS and moderate levels for item domains for the first data set, which was replicated with the second data set. A factor analysis of the first data set indicated that all domain scores loaded on one main factor, in alignment with the conceptual model, with this finding being replicated in the second data set. Also, the APERS was sensitive to changes resulting from a professional development program designed to promote program quality.
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