The Child Evaluation Checklist (CHECK): A Screening Questionnaire for Detecting Daily Functional “Red Flags” of Underrecognized Neurodevelopmental Disorders among Preschool Children

Table 1

CHECK factor loading of questionnaire items and internal consistency: Part A.

Item	Description	Factor
		Expression and performance management	Self-regulation	Organization	ADL^a
10	Expresses thoughts	.777
3	Remembers stories	.772
4	Verbalizes him/herself	.758
2	Understands instructions	.715
9	Talks about school	.699
18	Takes responsibility	.645
25	Corrects him/herself when wrong	.564
1	Attentive	.520
30	Correctly estimates difficulty of task	.520
8	Solves problems in play/dressing	.514
19	Completes tasks	.473
11	Does activities in reasonable time	.359
27	Is generally calm		.683
29	Calms him/herself down		.641
26	Gets out of bed willingly		.618
16	Deals with changes		.497
24	Is not impulsive		.445
28	Sleeps well at night		.355
15	Organizes body for activity			.842
21	Has good balance			.828
20	Has good coordination			.727
22	Has good in-hand control of small objects			.627
23	Has good pencil control; writes and draws what he/she wants			.551
13	Cooperates with friends			.524
14	Gets ready for a game			.505
12	Communicates properly to get what he or she wants			.486
17	Is likable among friends			.435
6	Is independent in the lavatory				.762
5	Is independent dressing				.732
7	Eats cleanly and in order				.703
	Eigenvalue	11.16	1.89	1.77	1.38
	% of variance	37.23	6.31	5.89	4.89
	Internal consistency (α): entire sample ()	.91	.79	.88	.68
	α-Children with suspected disorders ()	.91	.67	.81	.73
	α-Children with typical development ()	.73	.68	.83	.69

Note. . ^aActivities of daily living.