Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski, Georgina Perez Liz, Ashley de Marchena, Deborah A Fein, Marianne L Barton, Giacomo Vivanti, Diana L Robins
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends universal screening to identify children at higher likelihood for autism at 18- and 24-month well-child visits. There are many children, however, that are missed during this toddler age who do not get diagnosed until much later in development, delaying access to autism-specific interventions. Currently, brief measures for universal autism screening for school-age children, however, are lacking. In this project, we adapted a commonly used autism screener for toddlers, the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up (M-CHAT-R/F), to be used for school-age children...
May 9, 2024: Autism: the International Journal of Research and Practice