Parent and teacher agreement in the assessment of pervasive developmental disorders

Although it is well known that informants often disagree about the degree of psychopathology in children, this issue has not been systematically evaluated in children with autism. The objective of this paper is to estimate the extent of agreement between parents and teachers on the assessment of autistic symptoms and adaptive behavior skills. We assessed 83 children, 4–6 years of age, with a diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), …