Brief report: Excluding the ADI-R behavioral domain improves diagnostic agreement in toddlers

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 972-976

  Wiggins, Lisa D ^a   Robins, Diana L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADI R; Assessment; Diagnosis; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHECKLIST; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED CHECKLIST FOR AUTISM IN TOODLERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RATING SCALE; STEREOTYPY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEARNING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42649116099     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0456-3     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. American Academy of Pediatrics. (2001). The pediatrician's role in the diagnosis and management of autism spectrum disorder in children. Pediatrics, 107, 1221-1226.
2. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistics manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
3. Bishop, D., & Norbury, C. (2002). Exploring the borderlands of autistic disorder and specific language impairment: a study using standardized diagnostic instruments. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 43, 917-929.
4. Cicchetti, D. V. (1988). When diagnostic agreement is high, but reliability is low: Some paradoxes occurring in joint independent neuropsychology assessments. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 10, 605-622.
5. Cicchetti, D. V. (2001). The precision of reliability and validity estimates re-visited: Distinguishing between clinical and statistical significance of sample size requirements. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 23, 695-700.
6. Cox, A., Klein, K., Charman, T., Baird, G., Baron-Cohen, S., Sweetenham, J., Drew, A., & Wheelwright, S. (1999). Autism spectrum disorders at 20 and 42 months of age: Stability of clinical and ADI-R diagnosis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40, 719-732.
7. De Bildt, A., Sytema, S., Katelaars, C., Kraijer, D., Mulder, E., Volkmar, F., & Minderaa, R. (2004). Interrelationship between Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Generic, Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Classification in Children and Adolescents with Mental Retardation. Journal of Autism, and Developmental Disorders, 34, 129-137.
8. Filipek, P., Accardo, P., Ashwal, S., Baranek, G., Cook, E., Dawson, G., Gordon, B., Gravel, J., Johnson, C., Kallen, R., Levy, S., Minshew, N., Ozonoff, S., Prizant, B., Rapin, I., Rogers, S., Stone, W., Teplin, S., Tuchman, R., & Volkmar, F. (2000). Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism. Neurology, 55, 468-477.
9. Gotham, K., Risi, S., Pickles, A., & Lord, C. (2007). The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule: Revised algorithms for improved diagnostic validity. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 613-627.
10. Lord, C. (1995). Follow-up of two year olds referred for possible autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 36, 1365-1382.
11. Lord, C., & Richler, J. (2006). Early diagnosis of children with autism spectrum disorders. In T. Charman & W. Stone (Eds.), Social & communication development in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Early identification, diagnosis, & intervention (pp. 35-59). New York: Guilford Press.
12. Lord, C., Risi, S., DiLavore, P., Shulman, C., Thurm, A., & Pickles, A. (2006). Autism from 2 to 9 years of age. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 694-701.
13. Lord, C., Rutter, M., DiLavore, P., & Risi, S. (1999). Autism diagnostic observation schedule-WPS edition. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.
14. Lord, C., Rutter, M., & Le Couteur, A. (1994). Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 659-685.
15. Lord, C., Pickles, A., McLennan, J., Rutter, M., Bregman, J., Folston, S., Fombonne, E., Libya, M., & Minshew, N. (1997). Diagnosing autism: Analysis of data from the Autism Diagnostic Interview. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27, 501-517.
16. Moore, V., & Goodson, S. (2003). How well does early diagnosis of autism stand the test of time? Follow-up study of children assessed for autism at age 2 and development of an early diagnostic service. Autism, 7, 47-63.
17. Mullen, E. (1995). Mullen Scales of Early Learning. American Guidance Service.
18. Richler, J., Bishop, S. L., Klienke, J. R., & Lord, C. (2007). Restricted and repetitive behaviors in young children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 73-85.
19. Risi, S., Lord, C., Gotham, K., Corsello, C., Chrysler, C., Szatmari, P., Cook, E., Leventhal, B., & Pickles, A. (2006). Combining information from multiple sources in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 1094-1103.
20. Robins, D., Fein, D., & Barton, M. (1999). The modified-checklist for autism in toddlers. Self-published.
21. Robins, D., Fein, D., Barton, M., & Green, J. (2001). The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers: An initial study investigating the early detection of autism and pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 31, 131-144.
22. Rogers, S. (1998). Empirically supported comprehensive treatments for young children with autism. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 27, 168-179.
23. Rogers, S. (2001). Diagnosis of autism before the age of 3. International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, 23, 1-31.
24. Saemundsen, E., Magnusson, P., Smari, J., & Sigurdardottir, S. (2003). Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised and the Childhood Autism Rating Scale: Convergence and discrepancy in diagnosing autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33, 319-328.
25. Schloper, E., Reichler, R. J., & Renner, B. R. (1988). The Childhood Autism Rating Scale. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.
26. Stone, W., Hoffman, E., Lewis, S., & Ousley, O. (1994). Early recognition of autism. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 148, 174-179.
27. Stone, W., Lee, E., & Ashford, L. (1999). Can autism be diagnosed accurately in children under 3 years?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40, 219-226.
28. Ventola, P., Kleinman, J., Pandey, J., Barton, M., Allen, S., Green, J., Robins, D., & Fein, D. (2006). Agreement among four diagnostic instruments for autism spectrum disorders in toddlers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36, 839-847.