Purpose An important role of social communication assessment is to support intervention planning as adolescents with disabilities transition to workplaces and other adult settings. Adoption of evidence-based assessment practices would align professionals with legal and ethical mandates for schools and other settings. There is, however, limited adoption of evidence-based assessment selection. The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) provide a structured approach to identifying assessments with sufficient validity and reliability backed by strong evidence. The purpose of this review was to identify directly administered social communication assessments for adolescents and to apply the COSMIN framework to evaluate their measurement properties. Method A systematic search identified 13 assessments designed for 14- to 21-year-olds with developmental disabilities putting them at risk for social communication deficits. Measurement properties were extracted from included studies and rated for sufficiency. The quality of evidence supporting the findings was graded using COSMIN guidelines. Results Five social communication assessments were recommended as having sufficient evidence of content validity and internal consistency. Remaining assessments could be recommended as gaps in the evidence for their measurement properties are filled. Conclusions The application of the COSMIN standards has the potential to advance evidence-based assessment for social communication. There were important gaps in the independent replication of measurement properties and methodological shortcomings in the evaluation of reliability, measurement error, and structural validity.

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过渡年龄青少年社会交流评估的测量特性：系统评价。

目的 社会交流评估的一个重要作用是在残疾青少年过渡到工作场所和其他成人环境时支持干预计划。采用循证评估实践将使专业人员与学校和其他环境的法律和道德要求保持一致。然而，基于证据的评估选择的采用有限。基于共识的健康测量工具选择标准 (COSMIN) 提供了一种结构化的方法来识别具有充分有效性和可靠性的评估，并有强有力的证据支持。本次审查的目的是确定直接管理的青少年社会交流评估，并应用 COSMIN 框架来评估其测量特性。方法 系统搜索确定了 13 项评估，这些评估专为 14 至 21 岁的发育障碍人士而设计，使他们面临社交沟通障碍的风险。从纳入的研究中提取测量特性并评定其充分性。支持研究结果的证据质量使用 COSMIN 指南进行分级。结果 推荐了五项社会传播评估，因为它们具有足够的内容有效性和内部一致性证据。可以推荐剩余的评估，因为其测量特性的证据空白已被填补。结论 COSMIN 标准的应用有可能促进社会交流的循证评估。