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    The Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI) is an assessment that evaluates a person's social interaction skills during real-life interactions. Administered by observing two of a client's typical social encounters, it assesses 27 social skills on a 4 to 1 scale. The ESI requires a 3-day training course and has good reliability and validity. Though expensive and time-consuming to administer, the ESI provides a unique evaluation of social skills in a natural setting for clients with conditions affecting social abilities such as autism, intellectual disabilities, or mental health disorders.

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    The Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI) is an assessment that evaluates a person's social interaction skills during real-life interactions. Administered by observing two of a client's typical social encounters, it assesses 27 social skills on a 4 to 1 scale. The ESI requires a 3-day training course and has good reliability and validity. Though expensive and time-consuming to administer, the ESI provides a unique evaluation of social skills in a natural setting for clients with conditions affecting social abilities such as autism, intellectual disabilities, or mental health disorders.

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    The Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI) is an assessment that evaluates a person's social interaction skills during real-life interactions. Administered by observing two of a client's typical social encounters, it assesses 27 social skills on a 4 to 1 scale. The ESI requires a 3-day training course and has good reliability and validity. Though expensive and time-consuming to administer, the ESI provides a unique evaluation of social skills in a natural setting for clients with conditions affecting social abilities such as autism, intellectual disabilities, or mental health disorders.

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    The Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI) is an assessment that evaluates a person's social interaction skills during real-life interactions. Administered by observing two of a client's typical social encounters, it assesses 27 social skills on a 4 to 1 scale. The ESI requires a 3-day training course and has good reliability and validity. Though expensive and time-consuming to administer, the ESI provides a unique evaluation of social skills in a natural setting for clients with conditions affecting social abilities such as autism, intellectual disabilities, or mental health disorders.

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    *This assessment review was compiled by our students and is intended to be used as a guide in assisting clinicians.

    We
    encourage you to review the evaluations and assessments for yourself to guarantee the most accurate and updated
    information.

    I. General Information

    Title of the test: Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI)

    Author: Ann G. Fisher & Lou Ann Griswold (2010)

    Publisher: Three Star Press

    Time required to administer: Subjective based on client’s typical social interactions.

    Cost of the Test: Manual = $65. Course Training & Calibration (manual included) = $795 USD

    II. Description of Test

    Type/Purpose of Test: To evaluate the quality of person’s social interaction during real interaction with people they would
    typically interact with. It is similar in style to the AMPS.

    Population: Anyone age 2 ½ years through older adulthood who have social issues.

    Focus of measurement:
    ___ Organic systems X Abilities X Participation/life habits ___ Environmental Factors

    III. Practical Administration

    Ease of Administration: The difficult part is that you have to be calibrated. Also, you must observe a client in at least two
    ‘real life’ social interactions. Being a fly on the wall might be difficult. Outside of that, it does not seem too difficult to
    administer. I don’t have the manual to know for sure.

    Clarity of Directions: I do not have access to the manual.

    Scoring Procedures: I do not have access to the manual. The research article I found did not disclose this information.
    All I could find is the following:
     The quality of 27 social interaction performance skills (i.e., Approaches/Starts, Turns toward, replies, discloses,
    etc.) are scored.
     Scores range from 4 – 1, but I am not sure of the meaning behind each point value.
     You are evaluating the degree to which the client’s social interactions are polite, respectful, well-timed, relevant and
    mature.

    Examiner Qualification & Training


    Requires involvement in a 3 day training and calibration course that is expensive.

    IV. Technical Considerations

    Standardization: Norms____ Criterion Referenced X Other __________________

    Reliability: Reliability refers to the likeliness of the same person getting the same score on the assessment between two
    trials. In the ESI, the parallel forms reliability coefficient is
    r = 0.86.
    Validity: Validity seeks to know if the items on the test are truly measuring what they are intended to measure. In the ESI,
    r = 0.996 (they wrote r = 99.6 but a correlation is 1 or below, right?).

    Manual: N/A Excellent N/A Adequate N/A Poor


     I did not have access to the manual

    What is (are) the setting/s that you would anticipate using this assessment?
     Clients with:  DCD
     TBI  Anxiety Disorders
     Stroke  Bipolar
     Schizophrenia  Major depression
     Developmental Delays  Personality disorders
     ADHD  Autism spectrum disorders
     Intellectual Disability

    Summary of strengths and weaknesses


    Weakness:
     Very expensive
     Takes time to get calibrated

    Strengths:
     Requires calibration.
     Good reliability and validity.
     Applies to almost all ages.
     Is occupation-based and client-centered (observes client in natural setting).
     Fills a niche in the field (i.e., it observes a social interaction in a natural, non-simulated encounter).
     Helps addresses an important client need (i.e., improving social skills).

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