Dra. Yurena Alonso Esteban
University of Zaragoza
New tools for assessment in detection and intervention.
Participants: Susana Mata Irurralde, Mercedes Rios, Paula Sesé Martínez, Lubna el Kaadouchi Talhaoui, Helena Moreno Gelis, Ana Sánchez Mora, Estíbaliz Benito Sipos
This symposium presents the tasks carried out for the development, translation and adaptation of detection, assessment and diagnosis tools related to the autism spectrum, parental stress of families and school socialisation.
Among these tools we highlight the ADEC (early detection instrument). This level II instrument has been adapted to Spanish with the nuances of the population of Guayaquil (Ecuador). This is a tool developed in Australia and with
validation in a Hispanic population (Mexico) and is administered by observing the child's behaviours.
the child's behaviours.
The PSI-4 in its long and short version has been translated with the permission of the authors and copyright owners to create the official version that will soon be published by TEA.
The ESB (Early Sociocognitive Battery) is an observation scale that allows both detection and differentiation between Autism Spectrum Disorders and pragmatic communication disorders.
Finally, the Sociometric Online questionnaire was born out of the need to prevent and detect socioemotional difficulties and the presence of bullying or problems in peer relationships at an early stage.
Dr. Yurena Alonso Esteban studied at the University of La Laguna (Tenerife) and obtained her PhD at the University of Valencia. She has been director of the Master in Special Educational Needs and Early Intervention at the International University of Valencia. She developed an intense research work in the projects e_Accesible: Accessibility as SAAS (Software as a Service), funded by the INNPACTO program of the Ministry of Science and Innovation with the registration number TPT-430000-2010-29 in the UI Acceso of the University of Valencia. She has been a visiting researcher in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Valencia and a collaborating lecturer at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and tutor at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. She combines her teaching and research work with her professional activity as a general health psychologist. She is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Zaragoza. Her main area of intervention and research focuses on Autism Spectrum Disorders. She is the author of numerous scientific articles, book chapters and conference papers in the area of neurodevelopmental disorders. Her scientific work has been recognised with the State Prize for Early Intervention in the research modality of the GAT (Royal Board on Disability).
