The Social Cognitive Evaluation Battery for Children with Autism: A New Tool for the Assessment of Cognitive and Social Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Table 5

Agreement between theoretical and observed age.

Subscales	Theoretical developmental age in months
	4–8	8–12	12–18	18–24
Social interaction	5.80^a	7.33	4.36	21.85
	1.79^b	1.86	2.91	2.64
Behavior regulation	6.00	10.33	13.63	21.40
	1.41	1.53	2.39	2.72
Joint attention	6.00	11.29	15.80	21.64
	1.41	1.60	2.17	2.65
Expressive language	6.64	14.00	14.80	21.85
	1.91	3.35	2.59	2.64
Comprehensive language	6.30	11.00	13.00	20.71
	1.64	1.41	2.28	3.26
Vocal imitation	6.33	12.64	19.20	22.30
	1.94	3.38	2.68	2.50
Gesture imitation	5.71	12.11	17.60	22.00
	.95	2.37	2.61	2.59
Affective relation	5.00	7.75	14.50	21.50
	.0	2.83	3.16	2.85
Emotional expression	5.50	9.78	15.71	21.85
	.84	2.68	2.69	2.64
Self-image	6.25	8.00	14.73	21.46
	1.75	2.65	3.38	3.36
Symbolic play	6.64	14.38	18.90	23.00
	1.91	3.02	3.98	2.68
Object-relation schemata	6.14	8.67	17.76	23.60
	1.57	2.66	3.73	2.68
Operational causality	5.71	8.25	13.38	20.94
	.95	2.22	2.92	3.02
Means end	6.00	10.25	15.91	22.27
	1.41	1.25	3.02	2.57
Spatial relations	6.00	8.30	13.00	20.50
	2.0	2.57	.50	3.28
Object permanence	6.00	12.67	15.08	22.56
	1.41	4.04	3.59	2.35

aMean of observed age.
bSD of observed age.