The Toddler Autism Symptom Inventory: Use in diagnostic evaluations of toddlers

Kirsty L. Coulter; Marianne L. Barton; Hilary Boorstein; Cara Cordeaux; Thyde Dumont-Mathieu; Lauren Haisley; Lauren Herlihy; Dasal Tenzin Jashar; Diana L. Robins; Wendy L. Stone; Deborah A. Fein

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The Toddler Autism Symptom Inventory: Use in diagnostic evaluations of toddlers

Kirsty L. Coulter, Marianne L. Barton, Hilary Boorstein, Cara Cordeaux, Thyde Dumont-Mathieu, Lauren Haisley, Lauren Herlihy, Dasal Tenzin Jashar, Diana L. Robins, Wendy L. Stone, Deborah A. Fein

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LAY ABSTRACT: Determining whether a young child has an autism spectrum disorder requires direct observation of the child and caregiver report of the child's everyday behaviors. There are few interviews for parents that are specifically designed for children under 3 years of age. The Toddler Autism Symptom Inventory is a new interview that asks caregivers of children age 12-36 months about symptoms of possible autism spectrum disorder. The Toddler Autism Symptom Inventory uses a cutoff score to indicate likelihood for autism spectrum disorder; this cutoff score appears to accurately identify most children who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder without identifying too many who do not have autism spectrum disorder. The Toddler Autism Symptom Inventory interview can help clinicians to determine whether a young child shows symptoms suggestive of an autism spectrum disorder.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2386-2399
Number of pages	14
Journal	Autism
Volume	25
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211021699
State	Published - Nov 2021
Externally published	Yes

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by funds from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD039961) and the National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH115715).

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The authors are deeply grateful to all of the children, families, pediatric providers, and colleagues who have been a part of our work. The authors also thank Lauren B. Adamson, PhD, Sarah Dufek, PhD, Sherira Fernandes, PhD, Elizabeth Karp, PhD, and Aubyn Stahmer, PhD, for their thoughtful contributions to the TASI. Data used in the preparation of this manuscript were submitted to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Data Archive (NDA). NDA is a collaborative informatics system created by the National Institutes of Health to provide a national resource to support and accelerate research in mental health (data set identifier: DOI: 10.15154/1519083). This manuscript reflects the views of the authors and may not reflect the opinions or views of the NIH. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by funds from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD039961) and the National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH115715).

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autism spectrum disorder
developmental disorders
diagnosis
toddlers
Caregivers
Autistic Disorder
Humans
Parents
Child, Preschool
Infant
Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnosis

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