Autism screening tools: An evaluation of the Social Communication Questionnaire and the Developmental Behaviour Checklist-Autism Screening Algorithm

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-187

  Witwer, Andrea N ^a   Lecavalier, Luc ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behaviour problems; Diagnosis; Instrument; Intellectual disability; Pervasive developmental disorder; Screening; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST AUTISM SCREENING ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548814175     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668250701604776     Document Type: Article

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