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Current clinical practice guidelines recommend screening for ASD in all children at 18 and 24 months of age, using tools such as the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers [M-CHAT] (Hyman et al., 2020). However, in this case the child is greater than 30 months old and there are currently no validated screening tools for children greater than 4 years old (Hyman et al., 2020). The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends using tools like the Social Communication Questionnaire [SCQ] for children older than 30 months old (Hyman et al., 2020). These screening tools are not meant to be diagnostic in nature, but only to identify those who are at risk for a diagnosis of ASD. If a screening test is positive children require an additional evaluation….. Continue