Open AccessPreliminary reliability of South African adaptation and Northern Sotho translation of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up
Author(s) -
Carlien Vorster,
Alta M. Kritzinger,
Lovina E. Coetser,
Jeannie van der Linde
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
south african journal of communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.296
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2225-4765
pISSN - 0379-8046
DOI - 10.4102/sajcd.v68i1.831
Subject(s) - autism , snowball sampling , checklist , wilcoxon signed rank test , equivalence (formal languages) , psychology , first language , test (biology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , linguistics , pedagogy , philosophy , pathology , curriculum , cognitive psychology , biology , paleontology
There is a shortage of validated autism screening tests in the 11 official languages of South Africa. The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up (M-CHAT-R/FTM), a validated and well-known screening test, had already been adapted (in English) and translated into Northern Sotho for use in South Africa.