About the Measure
| Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | The Social Aptitude Scale (SAS) is a ten item scale that forms part of the Development and Well Being Assessment [9]. The items were chosen to tap skills in social understanding and behaviour that vary substantially in the general population and that are usually markedly under-developed in individuals with ASDs. |
| Example | Other people feel at ease around him/her |
| Link | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Batty/publication/23446643_The_Social_Aptitudes_Scale_An_initial_validation/links/54f48d580cf2ba6150635ced.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 10 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Parent/Teacher |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 5-16 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | Yes |
| Cronbach's α | .88 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Single-factor so |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, r= [-.44,.42]. |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Liddle, E. B., Batty, M. J., & Goodman, R. (2008). The Social Aptitudes Scale: An initial validation. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44(6), 508–513. doi:10.1007/s00127-008-0456-4 |