How do I get find my “CheckBox” item that is in the ItemTemplate?

Question

I have the following (very simple) ItemsControl:

Answer 1

I used the code that Kent and Timothy supplied, but this additional line was also needed for me.

The whole code snippet goes:

var container = _itemsControl.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromItem(dahCurrentItem) as FrameworkElement;
container.ApplyTemplate()
var checkBox = _itemsControl.ItemTemplate.FindName("MyCheckBox", container) as CheckBox;

Cheers!