Validation of the Infant-Toddler Checklist as a broadband screener for autism spectrum disorders from 9 to 24 months of age

Autism

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 487-511

  Wetherby, Amy M ^a   Brosnan Maddox, Susan ^a   Peace, Vickie ^a   Newton, Laura ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Diagnosis; Infant Toddler Checklist; Screening

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHECKLIST; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT TODDLER CHECKLIST; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TODDLER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 51549114023     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361308094501     Document Type: Review

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