Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised (with Follow-Up).
M-CHAT-R/F
- What it measures
- Autism-spectrum risk screening in toddlers (16-30 months); two-stage (questionnaire + structured follow-up interview)
- Length and format
- 20 (M-CHAT-R) + structured follow-up items. yes/no parent report, with risk scoring and follow-up (checklist/symptom inventory)
- Language versions
- 25+ languages on the official site (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean and many more)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Robins, D. L., et al. (2014). Validation of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up (M-CHAT-R/F). Pediatrics, 133(1), 37-45. (https://mchatscreen.com)
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