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Parent Reports

Below is a brief description of the symptom change data (phase one) and some selected comments from the family members.

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Drake's Asperger's Syndrome Checklist (High Functiong)
Prior to treatment at the Drake Institute, many of our patients suffered from some of the following symptoms. Please review these behaviors and mark those that apply to your child. The checklist you receive should be brought to the orientation seminar for so one of our clinical staff can determine if your child may be a candidate for our help.

• Child keeps to himself when free to play (e.g., lunchtime, recess)
• Child is not interested in team sports or interactive board or playground games
• Child lacks pretend play involving other kids
• Child is not aware of unwritten rules of interaction (e.g., games with made-up rules are difficult)
• Child is indifferent to peer pressure (e.g., clothing style)
• Child has elaborate routines or needs things arranged in a certain way
• Child becomes upset by change in schedule
• Oversensitivity to sounds or skin contact (e.g., clothing tags)
• Child makes less eye contact then expected
• Child does not modulate voice (e.g., formal monotone, too loud)
• Child is overly fascinated by a topic so collects information (e.g., walking encyclopedia of facts)
• Child’s emotional expression is too much or too little
• Child lacks ability to understand another’s feelings or point of view
• Child is uninterested in your side of the conversation (e.g., tends to lecture)
• Child interprets statements literally (e.g., misses jokes or sarcasm)
• Child expects others to automatically know how he thinks or feels
• Child makes inappropriate comments and is unaware of their impact on others