Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening Instruments for Very Young Children: A Systematic Review
Table 2
Level 1 ASD screening instruments reviewed.
(a)
Screener
Dates of paper(s)
Country developed
Ages (mos)
Strategy
Infant-Toddler Checklist
2004 2008
US
8–24
Caregiver checklist
First-Year Inventory (FYI)
2007
2014
US
12
Caregiver checklist
(b)
Excluded from in-depth review
Dates of paper(s)
Country developed
Ages (mos)
Reason for exclusion
Pervasive Developmental Disorders Screening Test (PDDST-II)
US
No peer-reviewed articles (ROC or otherwise)
Early Screen for Autism Traits (ESAT)
Netherlands
14-15
No prospective studies done in age range; two-stage screening
Checklist for Early Signs of Developmental Disorders (CESDD)
2010 2012
Netherlands
3–40
Two-stage screening
Infant-Toddler Checklist (ITC) (2 of 3 studies)
2004 2008
US
8–24
Studies involved two-stage screening
ITC was evaluated for ASD prediction and the authors concluded that it functions best as a broadband screener, identifying children at risk for disabilities, a proportion of whom will be diagnosed with ASD. paper was reviewed in detail for research methods because it was an ROC study.
