First Signs has conducted an
extensive review of current screening tools available and have selected several
that meet our recommendation criteria. All are highly validated, brief, and easy
to use and score.
These include:
Developmental and Behavioral Screening Tools: (Birth to 36 Months)1
Most developmental and behavioral screening tools have a wide application with children of varying
ages, allow flexibility to capture parent report with minimal assistance, ask
less threatening and more universal questions of parents, and coordinate with
hallmark developmental milestones. Because of their broad use, developmental
and behavioral tools often lack the sensitivity to screen specifically for autism and therefore
require follow up with an autism screening tool when a developmental screening
raises concerns.
To order one of the following developmental or behavioral screening tools through the publisher,
click on the links below.
Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3)
by Jane Squires, Ph.D. & Diane Bricker, Ph.D. et al.
(for children 1-66 months)
Ages
and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE)
by Jane Squires, Ph.D. & Diane Bricker,
Ph.D. & Elizabeth Twombly, M.S.
(for children 6-60 months)
Brief-Infant-Toddler Social-Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)
by Margaret Briggs-Gowan, Ph.D. and Alice Carter, Ph.D.
(for children 12-36 months)
Child Development
Inventory
by
Harold Ireton, Ph.D. et al.
(for children 0-6 years)
CSBS DP Infant-Toddler
Checklist
by Amy Wetherby, Ph.D. & Barry Prizant, Ph.D.
(for children 6-24 months)
Parents Evaluation of Developmental Status
(PEDS)
by Frances Page Glascoe, Ph.D.
(for children 0-8 years)
- PEDS Online
(Note: M-CHAT Online is administered following the PEDS when the child being
screened is between 15 and 59 months)
Parents
Evaluation of Developmental Status-Developmental Milestones (PEDS:DM)
by Frances Page Glascoe, Ph.D.
(for children 0-8 years)
Temperament
and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS)
by Stephen J. Bagnato, Ed.D.,
John T. Neisworth, Ph.D., et al.
(for children 11-71 months)
Social-Emotional Growth Chart
by Stanley I. Greenspan, MD
(for children 0-42 months)
Autism Screening Tools: (Birth to 36 Months)2
Most autism screening tools are designed to detect autism spectrum disorders
specifically, concentrate on social and communication impairment in children
18 months of age and older, and focus on all three DSM-IV criteria for autism.
Their limitations lie in the lack of highly validated autism screening tools
available for children under 18 months of age. Since autism screening ideally
would follow a developmental screening that has indicated concerns, the administering
clinician should directly observe the child in addition to using an autism screening
tool questionnaire.
To obtain the following autism screening tool, click on the link below.
Modified Checklist for
Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)
by Diana Robins, M.A., Deborah
Fein, Ph.D., et al.
(for children 16-30 months)
Back to top Asperger Syndrome/HFA Screening Tools: (4 years to adult)3
Most Asperger Syndrome/high functioning autism (HFA) screening tools are designed
for use with older children, and are used to differentiate these disorders from
other autism spectrum disorders and/or other developmental disorders, such as
mental retardation and language delays. These tools concentrate on social and
behavioral impairment in children four years of age and older (up to adulthood),
who usually develop without significant language delay. Qualitatively, these
tools are quite different from the early childhood screening tools, highlighting
more social/conversational and perseverative/behavioral concerns.
To order one of the following Asperger Syndrome screening tools through the publisher,
click on the links below.
Autism
Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ)
by Stephen Ehlers, Ph.D., Christopher
Gillberg, Ph.D., Lorna Wing, Ph.D. (Published in 1999 in the
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29,129-141)
(for children 7-16)
Social
Communication Questionnaire (SCQ)
by Catherine Lord, Ph.D., Sir Michael Rutter, Ph.D., et al.
(for children 4 and older)
First Signs has provided a link to the following Asperger/HFA screening tool.
To obtain, click on the link below.
Australian
Scale for Asperger Syndrome (ASAS)
by Michelle Garnett, M. Clinical
Psychology, Anthony Attwood, Ph.D.
(for children 5 and older)
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1, 2, 3 All developmental, autism, and Asperger/HFA
screening tools have been reviewed against First Signs selection criteria.
Please
revisit this Web section in the future as we expand our list of disorders
and related screening tools.
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