{"id":3566,"date":"2015-07-17T08:47:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:11:13","slug":"a-checklist-as-screening-tool-for-autism-age-16-30-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3566","title":{"rendered":"A Checklist As Screening Tool For Autism (Age 16-30 months)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This checklist does not diagnose autism, it rather evaluate the risk for autism. Afterwards if parents are continuously concerned about their child&#8217;s behavior, they should seek help for and evaluation with a developmental pediatrician, or a psychiatric, or a psychologist, or a behaviorist. Read below and make sure to scroll all the way down to see the flow chart.<\/p>\n<p>Take your time to read and think about the answers and don&#8217;t rush into a\u00a0 Yes or No.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/sites\/default\/files\/docs\/sciencedocs\/m-chat\/m-chat-r_f.pdf?v=1\" target=\"_blank\">Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-up (M-CHAT-R\/F)&#x2122;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you and your health provider have concerns and wish to have further screening, you may obtain a free developmental assessment through your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/early-access-care\/ei-state-info\" target=\"_blank\">state department of health<\/a>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVgPlURSad8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nRead more about exams and test for autism <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/brain\/autism\/autism-exams-and-tests\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And one more time: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/ci_21065353\/commentary-early-intervention-key-dealing-autism?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com\" target=\"_blank\">Early intervention<\/a> is key to success and best results, act promptly.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about autism signs read <a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?page_id=1223\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This checklist does not diagnose autism, it rather evaluate the risk for autism. Afterwards if parents are continuously concerned about their child&#8217;s behavior, they should seek help for and evaluation with a developmental pediatrician, or a psychiatric, or a psychologist, or a behaviorist. Read below and make sure to scroll all the way down to &#8230; <a title=\"A Checklist As Screening Tool For Autism (Age 16-30 months)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3566\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Checklist As Screening Tool For Autism (Age 16-30 months)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5,4],"tags":[23,338,381,337,111,339,77,383,336,53,31,37,52,382],"class_list":["post-3566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autism","category-general-advice","category-parenting","category-tips","tag-aspergers-syndrome","tag-assessment","tag-autism","tag-checklist-as-screening-tool","tag-early-intervention","tag-evaluation","tag-health","tag-parenting","tag-screening-for-autism","tag-signs-of-autism","tag-social-interaction","tag-speech","tag-symptoms-of-autism","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3566"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4044,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566\/revisions\/4044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}