Social Communication Questionnaire.

SCQ

What it measures

Autism-spectrum symptoms (reciprocal social interaction, communication, restricted/repetitive behaviour); a screener derived from the ADI-R

Length and format

40 items. Yes/No parent-report; summed; cut-off ~15 indicates need for fuller autism evaluation (informant/observer report)

Language versions

Many languages incl. ES, FR, DE, IT, NL, ZH, PT (WPS adaptations)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

copyrighted - commercial

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Reference

Rutter, M., Bailey, A., & Lord, C. (2003). The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ): Manual. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services.