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. 2002 Nov;41(11):1369-75.
doi: 10.1097/00004583-200211000-00019.

Screening young people for autism with the developmental behavior checklist

Avril V Brereton  1 , Bruce J Tonge, Andrew J Mackinnon, Stewart L Einfeld
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Screening young people for autism with the developmental behavior checklist

Avril V Brereton et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2002 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether a subset of items from the Developmental Behavior Checklist (DBC) could be selected to construct a reliable autism screening tool.

Method: A 29-item scale-the Developmental Behavior Checklist-Autism Screening Algorithm (DBC-ASA)-was developed by using items from the DBC and evaluated in a sample comprising 180 children who met criteria for autism and 180 controls matched for age, sex, and IQ range.

Results: This study found that the DBC-ASA has good validity in discriminating young people (4-18 years) with autism and IQ ranging from normal to severe intellectual disability from others using a cutoff score of 17.

Conclusion: The DBC-ASA is an effective autism screening questionnaire for at-risk young people, including those with intellectual disability.

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