ASQ-3 (and ASQ:SE-2) questionnaires are primarily designed to be completed by parents. A caregiver/teacher who spends at least 20 hours a week with the child may also complete the questionnaires. It is important that the person completing the questionnaire is familiar with the child's skills. A professional unfamiliar ...
ASQ-3 questionnaires are designed as a screening tool to check that a child's development is on track. The questionnaire will "pick up" any concerns about development so the items measure average skills of a child in each age range. The questionnaires do not measure advanced development. A "perfect score" of Yes for e...
The developers recommend that professionals enlist parents to complete the questionnaires whenever possible. ASQ was developed and validated as a parent- completed tool, and many studies have found parents to be reliable evaluators of children's behavior. As you've experienced, there are some scenarios--such as a cogni...
The monitoring zone helps programs identify a child with skills that are not below the cutoff but may need close attention and monitoring. This zone represents a range of scores that are at least 1 but less than 2 standard deviations below mean performance in each developmental area. When a child's score falls in the m...
Yes, those items should be scored not yet. However, if the child is using non- verbal communication to answer the questions, you can count those responses. ...
Yes, using the next lower age interval is recommended. A provider can sample items from the lower age interval and see if the child can do those skills. It may be possible that the parents do not read English or understand the questions. A phone call is recommended to determine whether the parents need a translated que...
See a brief, technical snapshot for [ASQ-3][1]. More information regarding the reliability and norms used can be found in the Technical Report within the ASQ-3 User's Guide or available on the [ASQ website.][2] [1]: http://agesandstages.com/products-services/asq3/#silk-tabs-0-3 [2]: http://agesandstages.com/asq-...
Adjusted age is used when a child is born 3 or more weeks premature. When conducting research for ASQ-3, the authors used 39 weeks as a full-term pregnancy. A child born at 36 weeks of gestation or earlier would be considered premature and would need an adjusted age calculated until 2 years chronological age. Some prog...
ASQ was developed and validated as a parent-completed tool, and many studies have found parents to be reliable evaluators of children's behavior. In a case where the professional knows the child well (e.g., child care teacher) and sees different behavior than reported on ASQ, an opportunity arises for discussion with t...
ASQ-3 has a standardization with an unrivaled sample that closely mirrors the U.S. population in geography and ethnicity and includes children of all socioeconomic statuses. The sample includes 15,138 children whose parents completed 18,232 questionnaires. Reliability, validity, sensitivity, and specificity are all exc...