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Screening Instruments for ASD

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This entry focuses on screening instruments for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). By screening instruments, we are referring to two different purposes of instruments: Level 1 (Universal Screening or General Population Screening) and Level 2 (often tailored to other instruments for ASD screening in high risk cohorts, such as clinical samples). Level 1 screening instruments are often designed as parental questionnaires, while Level 2 screening instruments are typically designed to probe for ASD specific symptoms utilizing parent-endorsement and/or observations by a clinician. In terms of Level 1 screening instruments, the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)(R/F) (Ibanez et al. 2014; Robins et al. 2001, 2014) is the most widely used instrument for ASD-specific screening. The M-CHAT is designed to be completed in a primary care provider setting (Robins et al. 2001). Among Level 2 screening instruments, the most frequently used examinations/assessments are the...

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  1. Department of Psychology/Department of Education, UIT – The Arctic University of Norway, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

    Roald A. Øien

  2. Yale Child Study Center, Yale Autism Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Roald A. Øien

  3. Department of Special Needs Education, UiO University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Anders Nordahl-Hansen

  4. Faculty of Education, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway

    Anders Nordahl-Hansen

  5. Child Health and Development, Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

    Synnve Schjølberg

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Øien, R.A., Nordahl-Hansen, A., Schjølberg, S. (2021). Screening Instruments for ASD. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_102295

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