Table 1.
Demographic Information
| Children with ASD (n = 22) |
NT Children (n = 22) |
t / X2 | p | d/phi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronological Age | 11;03 (2;00) | 11;01 (1;08) | .37 | .72 | .11 |
| (range) | 8;06–14;11 | 8;01–13;11 | |||
| Male:Female | 20:2 | 16:6 | 2.44 | .12 | .24 |
| Racial/Ethnic Identity | 6.65 | .25 | .39 | ||
| African American | 4.5% | 9.1% | |||
| Asian | 4.5% | 0.0% | |||
| White | 68.2% | 68.2% | |||
| Latino/Latina | 9.1% | 22.7% | |||
| More than one race | 13.7% | 0.0% | |||
| CARS-2 T-scorea | 50.63 (7.13) | ------- | |||
| Mild-to-moderate | 63.6% | ------- | |||
| Severe | 36.4% | ------- | |||
| SRS-2 T-score | 72.44 (10.53) | 47.76 (11.27) | 7.03 | .0001 | 2.26 |
| Normal (59 or lower T-score) | 0% | 100% | |||
| Mild (60 – 65 T-score) | 25.0% | 0% | |||
| Moderate (66 – 75 T-score) | 18.8% | 0% | |||
| Severe (76 or higher T-score) | 56.2% | 0% | |||
| Year in School | 1.59 | .90 | .19 | ||
| Grade 3 | 27.4% | 22.7% | |||
| Grade 4 | 13.6% | 9.1% | |||
| Grade 5 | 13.6% | 22.7% | |||
| Grade 6 | 18.2% | 27.3% | |||
| Grade 7 | 13.6% | 9.1% | |||
| Grade 8 | 13.6% | 9.1% | |||
| Type of School | 12.94 | .0001 | .54 | ||
| Private alternative schoolb | 45.5% | --- | |||
| Public or private school | 54.5% | 100% |
Note.
a
A CARS-2 T-score of 50 indicates that symptomatology falls in at least the 50th percentile compared to other individuals with ASD.
b
Private schools that offer specialized, individualized education to children with developmental disorders.