At this point in time, the ASQ-3 User's Guide is only available in English. For an at-a-glance guide to ASQ-3 administration and scoring basics, use the [ASQ-3 Quick Start Guide in Spanish][1]. Also, view the support materials available in [Spanish on the ASQ website][2]. [1]: http://products.brookespublishing.com/...
When conducting research and data analyses for ASQ-3, the developers used 39 weeks as a full-term pregnancy. To calculate the number of weeks premature, you subtract the gestational weeks at birth (e.g., 35 weeks) from 39 weeks. However, if your program uses 40 weeks (or 38 weeks) as a full term pregnancy, you can cont...
Personal-Social is one of the five areas on ASQ-3 questionnaires. Items in the Personal-Social Area look at a child's self-help skills and their interactions with others. Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional, Second Edition, (ASQ:SE-2) provides a more in-depth screening of children's social-emotional skills. ...
The developers recommend to round the number of weeks up for 4 or more days and to round down for 3 days or less. In your example, 33 weeks, 5 days would be rounded to 34 weeks gestation. A child born at 33 weeks, 3 days would be rounded down to 33 weeks gestation. ...
The cutoff scores do differ between the 9 month and 10 month questionnaire intervals. The developers added the 9 month questionnaire with the third edition of ASQ in 2009, primarily to meet the needs of pediatricians following the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations to screen at 9, 18, and 30 months. Resear...
Questionnaires take 10-15 minutes for parents or caregivers to complete. Scoring takes about 2-3 minutes and can be conducted by professionals, paraprofessionals, or program staff. ...
The ASQ-3 is a developmental screener designed to indicate when children may have delays. The tool is not in-depth enough to determine whether children have a slight delay or significant delays in the Communication area (or any developmental area). If a child has concerns in the Communication area (i.e., scoring in the...
ASQ-3 is a standardized tool, but not a criterion-referenced tool. It certainly can be used to add information to an eligibility evaluation-- specifically adding skills the child can do and others than they still need assistance with, as well as providing parent input. ...
No, ASQ-3 is not a curriculum-based assessment. A curriculum-based assessment is an observation and recording of a child's performance on a given curriculum as a basis for gathering information to make instructional decisions. ASQ-3 does not measure skills or progress related to a specific curriculum. If you are lookin...
There are several instances where a professional may decide to refer a child after completion of ASQ-3. For the 5 developmental areas covered by ASQ-3, the tool uses cutoff scores to determine whether a child should be referred. The cutoff scores were developed through a standardization process and are set at 2 standar...