Our early childhood center has new children start each September. How soon should we use the ASQ with these children?
Your program can use the Ages & Stages Questionnaires as soon as you’d like with children and their parents. Many programs have parents complete the questionnaires at the beginning of the year so the teachers have an idea of the child’s skills. If teachers will be completing the questionnaires, instead of parents, th…
If a child was born at a gestational age of 34 weeks and 5 days, how many weeks premature is the child?
The ASQ developers used 39 weeks as a full-term pregnancy in their research and data analyses. In your example, the child's gestational age is rounded up to 35 weeks. 35 weeks is subtracted from 39 weeks (a full-term pregnancy) so the child is 4 weeks premature. However, if your program uses 40 weeks as a full-term …
Are children comfortable completing ASQ-3 activities?
ASQ-3 is versatile, flexible, culturally sensitive, and designed to be administered at home. This means children can be tested in their usual environment and at the parents’ convenience. Activities allow children to play, move about, and practice daily living skills. They often involve home items like cereal boxes an…
How do I get more information about ASQ-3 and/or ASQ:SE-2 usage and rights and permissions?
If your question is not answered by the information provided in the Rights & Permissions section of the ASQ Knowledge Base, please email your inquiry to Brookes Publishing’s Subsidiary Rights Department at [email protected] . E-mails are answered as quickly as possible. However, due to the volume of inqui…
How was ASQ normed and validated in Native America populations? Do you have any data, publications, or other resources you can share?
Native American children were included in the research samples for both ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2. 1.1% of the sample for ASQ-3 was categorized as Native American/Alaskan (see chart on page 163 of the ASQ-3 User’s Guide) and 0.8% of the sample for ASQ:SE-2 was categorized as Native American (see page 189 of the ASQ:SE-2 Use…
Is ASQ-3 going to be released as a child assessment tool? When will it be ready?
No, there are not any plans to release ASQ-3 as an assessment tool. The developers are currently researching whether the items from ASQ can be combined and expanded into an evaluation tool. But, the developers' work is still in the experimental stage.
Can you provide a sample question from ASQ-3?
A question from the Problem Solving section of ASQ-3’s 2 month questionnaire, for example, is: When you hold your baby in a sitting position, does she look at a toy (about the size of a cup or rattle) that you place on the table or floor in front of her? Download a sample questionnaire .
Sometimes children refuse to answer questions or attempt actitivities. How do I determine if a child isn't displaying the skill because they can't or because they don't want to? Does it matter?
If a child will not answer the question or perform the action in an ASQ-3 item, you can skip that item on the questionnaire and adjust the scoring so the child isn’t penalized. You can only skip 2 items per area, though, and still score the section. Directions for using adjusted scoring is found on page 72 of the AS…
How does ASQ-3 involve parents?
ASQ-3 relies on parents to observe their child and to complete the simple questionnaires about their child’s abilities. Having parents complete the developmental questionnaires is not only cost effective, but also enhances the accuracy of screening by tapping into parents’ in-depth knowledge about their children. Usi…
Can online ASQ questionnaires be accessed and completed on an iPad with internet access?
Yes, ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 online questionnaires available through ASQ Family Access can be accessed on an iPad with internet access. The ASQ Family Access website is mobile optimized which allows for easy viewing of questionnaires on tablets and mobile phones.
