John Constantino

John N. Constantino is a child psychiatrist and expert on neurodevelopmental disorders, especially autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Constantino is the Blanche F. Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine.

Constantino is best known for developing the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a diagnostic rating scale used to distinguish autism spectrum disorder from other child psychiatric conditions by identifying the presence and extent of social impairments. The SRS, published in 2005, consists of a parent and teacher rating scale. It has been used to assess personality, language, and social-behavioral characteristics indicative of the broader autism phenotype. The SRS is a widely used tool to help clinicians identify social impairments in individuals both with and without a diagnosis of ASD.

Constantino received the 2015 George Tarjan Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In 2013, he received the Alumni Achievement Award from the Washington University School of Medicine. Provided by Wikipedia