ADOS -2: Social Overtures Vs Social Responses



ADOS -2: Social Overtures Vs Social Responses

Taken from the ADOS-2 Manual

|Social Overture |Social Response |

|Social overture can be thought of as a behaviour initiated by the |Social responses are behaviours that are in responses to another |

|examinee that is directed to another person for the purpose of |person’s actions or to the social situation. |

|communicating social intent. | |

| |Can be subtle/overt, appropriate/inappropriate. |

|Social overtures may vary in quality, from high-quality overtures in | |

|which a number of forms of communication are combined with obvious and | |

|appropriate social intent to those of lesser quality (e.g. looking at | |

|the construction task silently with his palm out for more block). | |

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|In order to be counted as a social overture the child’s action must be | |

|purposely directed toward the examiner. (e.g. throwing a toy at the | |

|examiner is an action directed at the examiner, unless it was an | |

|attempted to get the examiners attention, and this a poor quality | |

|overture, it would not be considered an overture. | |

| | |

|Subtle overtures: e.g. making eye contact to “check in” with the | |

|examiner during play | |

| | |

|Overt: e.g. Looking at the examiner while handing her a toy saying “now | |

|it’s your turn”. | |

|“Quality of social overtures” |“Quality of Social Responses” |

| |The absence of any response when a response is expected and socially |

|Focus on the quality not the quantity – consider the overtures made, |appropriate is taken into account. |

|Credit should not be taken away if the child fails to make an overture | |

|in a certain situation (e.g. requesting more blocks). |A non-response in a situation that would normally require a response is |

| |counted as a poor response. |

|Quality should be rated without regard to whether overtures occurred in | |

|expected situations. |Responses to the social situation in general is also considered in this |

| |item- e.g. child spitting his gum into the table |

|Examples of social overtures and responses! |

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|Eye contact |

|Directing facial expressions |

|Touching |

|Addressing verbally |

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