C. ASSESSMENT COREA. OBJECTIVEThe Assessment Core is responsible for recruiting, assessing and maintaining the cohort of individuals withAutism Spectrum Disorders (ASD is defined in the UIC ACE as DSM-IV Autistic Disorder, Asperger's disorder,or Pervasive Developmental Disorder not otherwise specified) who will participate in the UIC ACE Projects l-lll.The coordination of participant recruitment, assessment tracking, and subject retention is vital for the successof UIC ACE, since all three human projects will draw their participants from the commonly established cohortdeveloped by the Assessment Core.The Assessment Core is a team of experienced research clinicians who will use a variety of resources torecruit 1,000 individuals (children, adolescents, and adults) to be screened for ASD and then evaluated to forman appropriate sub-sample for further assessment, consent procedures, and assignment to the relevantstudies being conducted by the UIC ACE. This effort will involve recruitment of a large number of families for atwo-stage screening process. Families will participate in a comprehensive, state-of-the-art assessment toprovide appropriate samples of consenting participants for UIC ACE Projects l-lll. This will be accomplishedusing established clinical operations that not only have expertise in evaluation, but a long tradition of researchand maintenance of reliability on clinical instruments. In addition, the Assessment Core will actively utilizeexisting, well-established relationships with families and community agencies/organizations to maximize boththe recruitment and the retention of research participants.
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