Screening for autism spectrum disorders in Flemish day-care centres with the checklist for early signs of developmental disorders
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A new screening instrument for ASD was developed that can be filled out by child care workers: the Checklist for Early Signs of Developmental Disorders (CESDD). The predictive validity of the CESDD was evaluated in a population of 6,808 children between 3 and 39 months attending day-care centres in Flanders. The CESDD had a sensitivity of .80 and a specificity of .94. Based on the screening procedure used in this study, 41 children were diagnosed with ASD or got a working diagnosis of ASD. Thus, including child care workers' report on signs of ASD in screening procedures can help to identify cases of ASD at a young age.
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The Institutional Review Board required active consent from caregivers before teachers completed screening forms, rather than an opt-out approach used in prior literature.
“our Institutional Review Board required active consent from caregivers before we asked teachers to complete screening forms, rather than a “opt-out” approach that was used in prior literature (e.g., Dereu et al., 2010).”
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- Authors
- Dereu, M., Warreyn, P., Raymaekers, R., Meirsschaut, M., Pattyn, G., Schietecatte, I., & Roeyers, H.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Dereu, Mieke
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2010-03-03
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1247-1258
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- OpenAlex
- W2095260203
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 2.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Universiteit Gent
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, early screening, childcare workers, daycare centers, predictive validity, sensitivity and specificity, early detection
- MeSH terms
- Belgium, Child Day Care Centers, Developmental Disabilities, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Child, Preschool, Humans, Mass Screening, Population Surveillance, Checklist
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