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    The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) is a 40 item parent-report screening tool for autism in individuals over 4 years old that can be completed in under 10 minutes. It assesses reciprocal social interaction, communication skills, and restricted/repetitive behaviors. Several studies found it has good sensitivity but lower specificity at various cutoff scores depending on the age group. Overall it shows promise as a screening tool but has limitations, especially for younger children.

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    The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) is a 40 item parent-report screening tool for autism in individuals over 4 years old that can be completed in under 10 minutes. It assesses reciprocal social interaction, communication skills, and restricted/repetitive behaviors. Several studies found it has good sensitivity but lower specificity at various cutoff scores depending on the age group. Overall it shows promise as a screening tool but has limitations, especially for younger children.

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    Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ)

    Overview
    The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ; Rutter, Bailey, Lord, & Berument, 2003) is an instrument for screening for
    autism in individuals over the age of 4 with a mental age over 2 years. The SCQ contains 40 yes/no items, which can be
    completed in less than 10 minutes by a parent or other caregiver. The SCQ has two forms: the Lifetime Form, which focuses
    on behavior throughout development, and the Current Form, which focuses on behavior during the most recent three
    months. The instrument yields a Total Score for comparison to defined cutoff points.

    Summary
    Name of Screening/ Age Method of Approximate Subscales
    Tool/Author Diagnosis Range* Administration/Format Time to
    Administer
    Social S Over 4 40-item parent Less than 10 Reciprocal Social
    Communication questionnaire min. Interaction;
    Questionnaire Language and
    (SCQ) Additional Lifetime Form Communication;
    Rutter, Bailey, that examines Stereotyped
    Lord, & developmental history Patterns of Behavior
    Berument (2003)
    [formerly the Yields total score with cutoff
    Autism Screening points
    Questionnaire
    (ASQ)]
    *In years except where noted. Availability: Western Psychological Services, http://bit.ly/1mpzWXU

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    Research
    Author (Year) Age Range Sample Size Topic Addressed Outcome
    (in years)
    Brooks, Benson, 18–40 69 Sensitivity and With cutoff score of 15, sensitivity of 0.71
    2013 specificity and specificity of 0.77.
    diagnosing Cutoff of 15 Sensitivity = 0.71;
    adults with ASD Specificity = 0.77
    Cutoff of 12, Sensitivity = 0.86;
    Specificity = 0.60
    Internal consistency of total scale:
    alpha = 0.87
    Social interaction subscale: alpha = 0.83
    Restrictive repetitive behavior subscale:
    alpha = 0.81.
    These three were “good.”
    Communication subscale:
    alpha = 0.48 – poor.
    SCQ shows promise as a measure for adults with
    ID, with uncertain early developmental history.
    Oosterling, 20–40 208 Sensitivity and The SCQ was not satisfactory at accurately
    Rommelse, (months) specificity identifying high-risk toddlers and resulted in a
    deJonge, Van number of false positives for toddlers with
    der Gag, symptoms of ASD.
    Swinkels, Roos, Cutoff > 11 Sensitivity = .92; Specificity = .26
    Visser, & Cutoff > 12 Sensitivity = .88; Specificity = .35
    Buitelaar (2010) Cutoff > 15 Sensitivity = .76; Specificity = .58
    Cutoff > 22 Sensitivity = .29; Specificity = .86
    Snow & 18-70 82 Sensitivity Cutoff of 13: Sensitivity = 0.85; Specificity =
    Lecavalier (2008) (months) Specificity 0.40
    Internal Cutoff of 15: Sensitivity = 0.70 ; Specificity =
    Consistency 0.52

    Internal consistency: Total Score = 0.81;


    reciprocal social interaction = 0.70;
    communication = 0.47; restricted, repetitive
    and stereotyped patterns of behavior = 0.76.

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    Allen, Silove, 2–6 81 Discriminative Cutoff of 11:


    Williams, & validity Good for screening in 3- to 5-year olds;
    Hutchins (2007) Sensitivity = 100%
    Specificity = 62%;
    poor in 2- to 3-year-olds
    Sensitivity = 93%
    Specificity = 58%
    Chandler, 9.8–14.5 255 Discriminative AU and non-AU:
    Charman, Baird, validity Sensitivity = 0.88
    Simonoff, Specificity = 0.72
    Loucas, et al. AU and non-AU:
    (2007) Sensitivity = 0.90
    Specificity = 0.86
    Wiggins, 1.5–3.75 37 Discriminative Cutoff 15:
    Bakeman, validity Sensitivity = 0.47
    Adamson, & Specificity = 0.89
    Robins (2007) Cutoff 11:
    Sensitivity = 0.89
    Specificity = 0.89
    Eaves, Wingert, 5 (mean) 151 Discriminative Sensitivity = 0.71
    Ho, validity Specificity:

    & Mickelson Preschool clinic = 0.62 AU clinic = 0.53


    (2006)
    Witwer & 8.3 (mean) 49 Discriminative Sensitivity = 0.92
    Lecavalier (2007) validity Specificity = 0.62
    Concurrent r = 53
    validity

    References
    Allen, C. W., Silove, N., Williams, K., & Hutchins, P. (2007). Validity of the Social Communication Questionnaire in
    assessing risk of autism in preschool children with developmental problems. Journal of Autism and
    Developmental Disorders, 37(7), 1272–1278.

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    Brooks, W. T., Benson, B. A. (2013). The validity of the Social Communication Questionnaire in adults with intellectual
    disability. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(2), 247–255.

    Chandler, S., Charman, T., Baird, G., Simonoff, E., Loucas, T., et al. (2007). Validation of the Social Communication
    Questionnaire in a population cohort of children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of the American Academy
    of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(10), 1324–1332.

    Eaves, L. C., Wingert, H., Ho, H. H., & Mickelson, E. (2006). Screening for autism spectrum disorders with the Social
    Communication Questionnaire. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 27(2), Supplement 2, S95–
    S103.

    Oosterling, I., Rommelse, N., de Jonge, M., Van der Gaag, R.J., Swinkels, S., Roos, S., Visser, J., & Buitelaar, J. (2010). How
    useful is the social communication questionnaire in toddlers at risk of autism spectrum disorder? Journal of Child
    Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(110), 1260–1268.

    Rutter, M., Bailey, A., Lord, C., & Berument, S. K. (2003). Social Communication Questionnaire. Los Angeles, CA: Western
    Psychological Services.

    Snow, A. N., & Lecavalier, L. (2008). Sensitivity and specificity of the modified checklist for autism in toddlers and the social
    communication questionnaire in preschoolers suspected of having pervasive developmental disorders. Autism,
    12(6), 627–644.

    Wiggins, L. D., Bakeman, R., Adamson, L. B., & Robins, D. L. (2007). The utility of the Social Communication Questionnaire in
    screening for autism in children referred for early intervention. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental
    Disabilities, 22(1), 33–38.

    Witwer, A. N., & Lecavalier, L. (2007). Autism screening tools: An evaluation of the Social Communication Questionnaire
    and the Developmental Behavior Checklist – Autism Screening Algorithm. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental
    Disability, 32(3), 179–187.

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