Checklist for Autism in Toddlers- CHAT
1. Does your child enjoy being swung‚ bounced 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 |
5. Does your child ever PRETEND‚ for example‚ to make a cup of tea using a toy cup and teapot‚ or pretend other things? | YES | NO |
6. Does your child ever use his/her index finger to point‚ to ASK for something? | YES | NO |
7. Does your child ever use his/her index finger to point‚ to indicate INTEREST in something? | YES | NO |
8. Can your child play properly with small toys (eg. cars or bricks) without just mouthing‚ fiddling or dropping them? | YES | NO |
9. Does your child ever bring objects over to you (parent) to SHOW you something? | YES | NO |
i. During the appointment‚ has the child made eye contact with you? | YES | NO |
ii. Get child’s attention‚ then point across the room at an interesting object and say “Oh look! There’s a (name of toy)!” Watch child’s face. Does the child look across to see what you are pointing at? | YES | NO* |
iii. Get the child’s attention‚ then give child a miniature toy cup and teapot and say Can you make a cup of tea? Does the child pretend to pour out tea‚ drink it‚ etc? | YES | NO** |
iv. Say to the child Where’s the light?‚ or “Show me the light”. Does the child POINT with his/her index finger at the light? | YES | NO*** |
v. Can the child build a tower of bricks? (If so how many?) (Number of bricks:………….) | YES | NO |
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mohammad looti (2026). Checklist for Autism in Toddlers- CHAT. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/checklist-for-autism-in-toddlers-chat/
mohammad looti. "Checklist for Autism in Toddlers- CHAT." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 27 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/checklist-for-autism-in-toddlers-chat/.
mohammad looti. "Checklist for Autism in Toddlers- CHAT." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/checklist-for-autism-in-toddlers-chat/.
mohammad looti (2026) 'Checklist for Autism in Toddlers- CHAT', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/checklist-for-autism-in-toddlers-chat/.
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