Description
The Monteiro Interview Guidelines for Diagnosing the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition is a sensory-based process for gathering and organizing the qualitative information needed to diagnose autism in children, adolescents, and adults. The process includes guidelines for gathering information from parents/caregivers and teachers, and for conducting a sensory-based interview with the individual being evaluated. The end result is a comprehensive behavioral profile that describes the individual’s distinct way of relating to the world, supplementing assessment scores and informing diagnosis and treatment planning. The MIGDAS-2 process is designed to facilitate writing a narrative evaluation report and providing diagnostic feedback using language that is easily understood by parents and others involved in the individual’s care.
The MIGDAS-2 was developed as an outgrowth of extensive diagnostic work with individuals on the autism spectrum, as well as their families and teachers, and considerable collaboration with autism evaluation teams in public and private schools. The MIGDAS-2 process provides an organized, systematic way to elicit and document an individualized behavioral profile descriptive of the singular presentation of ASD in order to better inform autism diagnosis and treatment planning.