ACFB SCQ Questionnaire – The ACFB Fund

SCQ Questionnaire

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This questionnaire should be filled out by someone who knows the client well, usually a parent or primary caregiver, as it relies on observations of their behavior and development over time.

It provides valuable insights into the their social communication and interaction patterns in daily life, which are key in assessing ASD (autism) traits.

Adapted from the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) by Western Psychological Services

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1. Is she/he now able to talk using short phrases or sentences? If no, we will skip to question 8. *

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2. Do you have a to-and-fro "conversation" with her/him that involves taking turns or building on what you have said?

3. Do you have a to-and-fro "conversation" with her/him that involves taking turns or building on what you have said?

4. Does she/he ever use socially inappropriate questions or statements? For example, does she/he regularly ask personal questions or make personal comments at awkward times?

5. Does she/he ever get her/his pronouns mixed up (e.g., saying you or she/he for I)?

6. Does she/he ever use words that she/he seems to have invented or made up herself/himself; put things in odd, indirect ways; or use metaphorical ways of saying things (e.g., saying "hot rain" for steam)?

7. Does she/he ever say the same thing over and over in exactly the same way or insist that you say the same thing over and over again?

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8. Does she/he ever have things that she/he seems to have to do in a very particular way or order, or rituals that she/he insists that you go through? *

9. Does her/his facial expression usually seem appropriate to the particular situation, as far as you can tell? *

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10. Does she/he ever use your hand like a tool or as if it were part of her/his own body (e.g., pointing with your finger, putting your hand on a doorknob to get you to open the door)? *

11. Does she/he ever have any interests that preoccupy her/him and might seem odd to other people (e.g., traffic lights, drainpipes, timetables)? *

12. Does she/he ever seem to be more interested in parts of a toy or an object (e.g., spinning the wheels of a car), rather than in using the object as it was intended? *

13. Does she/he ever have any special interests that are unusual in their intensity but otherwise appropriate for her/his age and peer group (e.g., trains or dinosaurs)? *

14. Does she/he ever seem to be unusually interested in the sight, feel, sound, taste, or smell of things or people? *

15. Does she/he ever have any mannerisms or odd ways of moving her/his hands or fingers, such as flapping or moving her/his fingers in front of her/his eyes? *

16. Does she/he ever have any complicated movements of her/his whole body, such as spinning or repeatedly bouncing up and down? *

17. Does she/he ever injure herself/himself deliberately, such as biting her/his arm or banging her/his head? *

18. Does she/he ever have any objects (other than a soft toy or comfort blanket) that she/he has to carry around? *

19. Does she/he ever have any particular friends or a best friend? *

20. Does she/he ever talk to you just to be friendly (rather than to get something)? *

21. Does she/he ever spontaneously copy you (or other people) or what you are doing (such as vacuuming, gardening, or mending things)? *

22. Does she/he ever spontaneously point at things around her/him just to show you things (not because she/he wants them)? *

23. Does she/he ever use gestures, other than pointing or pulling your hand, to let you know what she/he wants? *

24. Does she/he nod her/his head to indicate yes? *

25. Does she/he shake her/his head to indicate no? *

26. Does she/he usually look at you directly in the face when doing things with you or talking with you? *

27. Does she/he smile back if someone smiles at her/him? *

28. Does she/he ever show you things that interest her/him to engage your attention? *

29. Does she/he ever offer to share things other than food with you? *

30. Does she/he ever seem to want you to join in her/his enjoyment of something? *

31. Does she/he ever try to comfort you if you are sad or hurt? *

32. If she/he wants something or wants help, does she/he look at you and use gestures with sounds or words to get your attention? *

33. Does she/he show a normal range of facial expressions? *

34. Does she/he ever spontaneously join in and try to copy the actions in social games, such as *The Mulberry Bush* or *London Bridge Is Falling Down*? *

35. Does she/he play any pretend or make-believe games? *

36. Does she/he seem interested in other children of approximately the same age whom she/he does not know? *

37. Does she/he respond positively when another child approaches her/him? *

38. If you come into a room and start talking to her/him without calling her/his name, does she/he usually look up and pay attention to you? *

39. Does she/he ever play imaginative games with another child in such a way that you can tell that each child understands what the other is pretending? *

40. Does she/he play cooperatively in games that need some form of joining in with a group of other children, such as hide-and-seek or ball games? *

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