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Development of a School-Age Extension of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers through Expert Consensus and Stakeholder Input
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Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski; Georgina Perez Liz; Ashley de Marchena; Deborah A. Fein; Marianne L. Barton; Giacomo Vivanti; Diana L. Robins – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Universal autism screening is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics at 18 and 24 months. However, many children are not identified until after the age of 4 years, and some not until adulthood, either due to mild or no indication of symptoms early in development, or to co-occurring conditions which may overshadow autism symptoms. This…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Toddlers, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parent Attitudes
The Usefulness of the DBC-ASA as a Screening Instrument for Autism in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: A Pilot Study
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Deb, Shoumitro; Dhaliwal, Akal-Joat; Roy, Meera – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Aims: To explore the validity of Developmental Behaviour Checklist-Autism Screening Algorithm (DBC-ASA) as a screening instrument for autism among children with intellectual disabilities. Method: Data were collected from the case notes of 109 children with intellectual disabilities attending a specialist clinic in the UK. Results: The mean score…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Screening Tests, Children
Maladaptive and Repetitive Behaviors in Children with Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Implications for Screening
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Hepburn, Susan L.; MacLean, William E. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Researchers and clinicians are recognizing that a subgroup of children with Down syndrome (DS) also present with clinically significant impairments in social-communication and restricted patterns of behavior, such as those that characterize autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Efforts to better describe the behavioral presentation of children with…
Descriptors: Autism, Down Syndrome, Child Behavior, Clinical Psychology
Screening for Autism in Young Children with Developmental Delay: An Evaluation of the Developmental Behaviour Checklist--Early Screen
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Gray, K. M.; Tonge, B. J.; Sweeney, D. J.; Einfeld, S. L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The ability to identify children who require specialist assessment for the possibility of autism at as early an age as possible has become a growing area of research. A number of measures have been developed as potential screening tools for autism. The reliability and validity of one of these measures for screening for autism in young children…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Autism, Interrater Reliability, Young Children
A Follow Up Study of Children with Get Set Day Care and Prekindergarten Head Start Experience Who Enrolled in the School District of Philadelphia, Fall, 1978 & 1980.
Asano, Mildred M. – 1986
The subsequent school progress of children who attended the Get Set Day Care (GSDC) or Prekindergarten Head Start (PKHS) preschool programs compared to peers who had a different type or no preschool experience is examined in this document. The study corroborates the two major findings of the Consortium for Longitudinal Studies: that preschool…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Day Care, Elementary Education, Followup Studies