Validation of the First Year Inventory–Lite as a Short Screening Tool for Infants at Risk for Autism

Date Presented 4/20/2018

The First Year Inventory–Lite is a brief parent-report measure created to reduce the clinical burden of a longer screening tool for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Twenty-five items related to social–communication and sensory–regulatory functions were examined to develop cut points predictive of ASD outcomes at age 3.

Primary Author and Speaker: Yun-Ju Chen

Contributing Authors: John H. Sideris, Linda R. Watson, Elizabeth R. Crais, Lauren Turner-Brown, Grace T. Baranek