title: Development of T-STAT for early autism screening.
abstract: This study's purpose was to modify the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds (STAT) into a Taiwanese version called T-STAT. Study 1 included 15 children with Autism and 15 children with Developmental Delay (DD) or language impairment (LI) aged between 24 and 35 months. Study 2 had 77 young children with Autism, PDD-NOS, or DD/LI as a clinical-based validation sample. In Study 1, the signal detection procedure found that a cutoff score of 2 would yield high sensitivity and specificity in T-STAT. In Study 2, using a score of 2 as a cutoff, the agreement between T-STAT risk and ADOS classification was highly acceptable. Results were promising as a Level 2 screening tool for Autism for ages two to three.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, No.64, Sec.2, ZhiNan Rd., Wenshan District, Taipei, 11605, Taiwan. chchiang@nccu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Chung-Hsin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Chin-Chin
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yuh-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Ching-Lin
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Jiun-Horng
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei-Tsuen
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Soong
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan