Social Development Screening Tools
The AAP recommends using the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) questionnaire to screen for autism. We ask that the parent fill out the questionnaire prior to the 18-month and 24-month check up. The M-CHAT was developed at the University of Connecticut’s Department of Psychology, and is designed to screen children aged 16 months to 30 months-old for an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test, abbreviated as CAST, is a tool to screen for Asperger Syndrome and related social and communication conditions falling on the Autism Spectrum in children aged 4–11 years, in a non-clinical setting. The questionnaire was developed by the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge,
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