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M-CHAT Scoring Key: Does Your Child Take An Interest in Other Children?

The M-CHAT is a screening tool used to identify autism spectrum disorder in toddlers over 12 months. Parents complete a checklist of behaviors and any two critical failures or three overall failures indicates risk for ASD and a need for referral. Critical items include questions about showing interest in other children, pointing to indicate interest, and bringing objects to show parents.

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M-CHAT Scoring Key: Does Your Child Take An Interest in Other Children?

The M-CHAT is a screening tool used to identify autism spectrum disorder in toddlers over 12 months. Parents complete a checklist of behaviors and any two critical failures or three overall failures indicates risk for ASD and a need for referral. Critical items include questions about showing interest in other children, pointing to indicate interest, and bringing objects to show parents.

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The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) is designed to screen for early identification of

autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in toddlers over the age of 12 months. Ideally, it is given at the 18-24 month
well baby check. Parents complete the items on the checklist independently or by interview. Meeting the
criteria listed below, suggests the risk of ASD and indicates the need for referral to the local school district
through Early Development Network Services Coordination.

M-CHAT Scoring Key


Instructions: Compare the completed form with this key. Each response that appears in bold on this form is
counted as a failed response. Critical responses appear in italics and bold. These items are: 2, 7, 9. 13, 14,
and 15. A child fails the checklist when 2 or more critical items are failed OR when any three items are failed.

1. Does your child enjoy being swung on your knee, etc? Yes NO

2. Does your child take an interest in other children? Yes NO

3. Does your child like climbing on things, such as up stairs? Yes NO

4. Does your child enjoy playing peek-a-boo/hide-and-seek? Yes NO


Does your child ever pretend, for, example, to talk on the phone or take care of dolls, or
5. Yes NO
pretend other things?
6. Does your child ever use his/her index finger to point, to ask for something? Yes NO
Does your child ever use his/her index finger to point, to indicate interest in
7. Yes NO
something?
Can your child play properly with small toys (e.g. cars or bricks) without just mouthing,
8. Yes NO
fiddling, or dropping them?
9. Does your child ever bring objects over to you (parent) to show you something? Yes NO

10. Does your child look you in the eye for more than a second or two? Yes NO

11. Does your child ever seem oversensitive to noise? (e.g., plugging ears) YES No

12. Does your child smile in response to your face or your smile? Yes NO

13. Does your child imitate you? (e.g., you make a face-will your child imitate it?) Yes NO

14. Does your child respond to his/her name when you call? Yes NO

15. If you point at a toy across the room, does your child look at it? Yes NO

16. Does your child walk? Yes NO

17. Does your child look at things you are looking at? Yes NO

18. Does your child make unusual finger movements near his/her face? YES No

19. Does your child try to attract your attention to his/her own activity? Yes NO

20. Have you ever wondered if your child is deaf? YES No

21. Does your child understand what people say? Yes NO

22. Does your child sometimes stare at nothing or wander with no purpose? YES No

Does your child look at your face to check your reaction when faced with something
23. Yes NO
unfamiliar?

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