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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Social Communication Questionnaire in Rural Kenya
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Patricia Kipkemoi; Jeanne E. Savage; Joseph Gona; Kenneth Rimba; Martha Kombe; Paul Mwangi; Collins Kipkoech; Danielle Posthuma; Charles R. J. C. Newton; Amina Abubakar – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Children can be reliably diagnosed with autism as early as 3 years of age, and early interventions are initiated. There is often a significant gap between the age of onset of symptoms (2-3 years) and diagnosis (8-10 years) in Africa. We conducted a study to validate the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) as a screening instrument in a rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
Making the Transition from Diagnosis to Treatment-Planning: Validity, Reliability and Factor Structure of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Behaviour Checklist
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Bitsika, Vicki; Sharpley, Christopher F. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018
The validity, reliability and factor structure of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Behaviour Checklist-Revised (ASDBC-R) were measured in a sample of 140 boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) aged between 6 and 18 years. Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) was satisfactory and the ASDBC-R significantly correlated with the Social Responsiveness…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Intervention, Planning, Test Validity