Table 4 SCIP-social communication checklist

SCIP-social communication checklist (SCIP-SCCheck)

Social communication considerations

 (A) The child has trouble understanding and interpreting the social context and friendship, e.g. social roles and emotions

 (B) The child has trouble understanding and/or using nonverbal aspects of communication, e.g. facial expression and intonation

 (C) The child has trouble with aspects of conversation, e.g. beginning and ending, taking turns and giving relevant and sufficient information

 (D) The child makes bizarre, tangential or inappropriate comments

 (E) The child has difficulty using and understanding non-literal language

Criteria to progress to screening 2/5 above