The super early screening for autism spectrum disorder.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530880
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: TOKI Atsushi 鹿児島大学, 臨床心理学研究科, 教授 (80567321)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 自閉症スペクトラム障害 / 超早期発見 / 乳児期発達徴候 / 乳幼児健康診査 / スクリーニング / 発達行動学的分析 / 健診事後教室 / 2歳児歯科健診

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study develops the screening index for autism spectrum disorder(ASD) for the super early detection in infantile period by researching the correlation with the autism-related characteristic which appears later.
"the super early stage screening standard for ASD (SASSA)" which this study provided applies to 4 month old baby for nonspecific "gazing", "expression", "smile", "motor" and "reaching" abnormalities as the sensitivity dominant screening then to 11 month old baby for nonspecific "gazing", "expression", "smile", "motor" ,"pointing" and "imitation" abnormalities and add some autism-related behaviors screening. This screening leads to the super early checkup of ASD.

Free Research Field

児童青年精神医学