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Can anyone shed anymore light on this please

Autismman

In my assessment paper work there is a line which I think I know what it means but there’s a lot more well informed individuals here so you may be able to define it better for me or have more information. It’s a short sentence but it reads as follows; 

“Based on the clinical presentation during the assessment”

what would this be communicating to the reader? 

Parents

  • It means the comments that follow are based upon how you appeared during your formal assessment meeting.

    Presentation means how you appeared to them on that day. It covers how you looked, acted, what you said and how you said it.

    The clinical bit means they were only looking for official things, so for things that were consistent with the DSM-5 or ICD-11 diagnostic criteria.

    So you could have lots of non-clinical behaviours but they would not be a part of the assessment.

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  • It means the comments that follow are based upon how you appeared during your formal assessment meeting.

    Presentation means how you appeared to them on that day. It covers how you looked, acted, what you said and how you said it.

    The clinical bit means they were only looking for official things, so for things that were consistent with the DSM-5 or ICD-11 diagnostic criteria.

    So you could have lots of non-clinical behaviours but they would not be a part of the assessment.

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