Review Article

Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening Instruments for Very Young Children: A Systematic Review

Table 4

Level 2 ASD screening instruments reviewed.
(a)

ScreenerDates of paper(s)Country developedAges (mos)Strategy

Screening Test for Autism in Two-Year-Olds (STAT)2000 
2004 
US12–24Interactive clinician observation
Parent Observation of Early Markers (POEMS)Canada3–24Caregiver checklist
Autism Detection in Early Childhood (ADEC)2014
2015
Australia
US
12–36Interactive clinician observation

(b)

Excluded from in-depth reviewCountry developedAges (mos)Reason for exclusion

Autism Observation Scale for Infants (AOSI)Canada6–18Studies eventually showed inadequate Se and Sp.

paper was reviewed in detail for research methods because it was an ROC study.