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Diagnosis: screening, surveillance, assessment, and formulation

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Community health care providers and other professionals involved in supporting optimal child development (eg, early childhood educators) play a critical role in working with parents to identify early signs of ASD. Screening and surveillance are complementary processes aimed at identifying children who require further assessment, with an overall goal of reducing or preventing subsequent disability through earlier initiation of intervention.

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Melanie Penner & Wendy Roberts

  2. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

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  1. Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Toronto, Autism Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Evdokia Anagnostou

  2. Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Toronto,Autism Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Jessica Brian

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Penner, M., Zwaigenbaum, L., Roberts, W. (2015). Diagnosis: screening, surveillance, assessment, and formulation. In: Anagnostou, E., Brian, J. (eds) Clinician’s Manual on Autism Spectrum Disorder. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03056-2_2

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