• Take the CAST

    Please share your contact details before starting the CAST questionnaire. This helps our team follow up with resources and next steps.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Child's Date of Birth*
     - -

  • By submitting your information, you are permitting Behavioral Innovations to contact you by phone, email, and/or text.

  • Start CAST Questionnaire

    Please read the following questions carefully and select the appropriate answer.
  • Does s/he join in playing games with other children easily?*
  • Does s/he come up to you spontaneously for a chat?*
  • Was s/he speaking by 2 years old?*
  • Does s/he enjoy sports?*
  • Is it important to him/her to fit in with the peer group?*
  • Does s/he appear to notice unusual details that others miss?*
  • Does s/he tend to take things literally?*
  • When s/he was 3 years old, did s/he spend a lot of timepretending (e.g., play-acting being a superhero, orholding teddy’s tea parties)?*
  • Does s/he like to do things over and over again, in the same way all the time?*
  • Does s/he find it easy to interact with other children?*
  • Can s/he keep a two-way conversation going?*
  • Can s/he read appropriately for his/her age?*
  • Does s/he mostly have the same interests as his/her peers?*
  • Does s/he have an interest which takes up so much time that s/he does little else?*
  • Does s/he have friends, rather than just acquaintances*
  • Does s/he often bring you things s/he is interested in to show you?*
  • Does s/he enjoy joking around?*
  • Does s/he have difficulty understanding the rules for polite behaviour?*
  • Does s/he appear to have an unusual memory for details?*
  • Is his/her voice unusual (e.g., overly adult, flat, or very monotonous)?*
  • Are people important to him/her?*
  • Can s/he dress him/herself?*
  • Is s/he good at turn-taking in conversation?*
  • Does s/he play imaginatively with other children, and engage in role-play?*
  • Does s/he often do or say things that are tactless or socially inappropriate?*
  • Can s/he count to 50 without leaving out any numbers?*
  • Does s/he make normal eye-contact?*
  • Does s/he have any unusual and repetitive movements?*
  • Is his/her social behaviour very one-sided and always on his/her own terms?*
  • Does s/he sometimes say “you” or “s/he” when s/he means “I”?*
  • Does s/he prefer imaginative activities such as play-acting or story-telling, rather than numbers or lists of facts?*
  • Does s/he sometimes lose the listener because of not explaining what s/he is talking about?*
  • Can s/he ride a bicycle (even if with stabilisers)?*
  • Does s/he try to impose routines on him/herself, or on others, in such a way that it causes problems?*
  • Does s/he care how s/he is perceived by the rest of the group?*
  • Does s/he often turn conversations to his/her favourite subject rather than following what the other person wants to talk about?*
  • Does s/he have odd or unusual phrases?*

  • Special Needs Section

  • Have teachers/health visitors ever expressed any concerns about his/her development?*
  • Has s/he ever been diagnosed with any of the following: Language delay, Hyperactivity/Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD), Hearing or visual difficulties, Autism Spectrum Condition, incl. Asperger’s Syndrome, A physical disability*
  • Should be Empty: