What is new about the third edition of ASQ?
ASQ-3 features two new questionnaires (the 2 month and 9 month questionnaires); an expanded and more flexible age range for administration; a refined Spanish translation; new cutoff scores and a new monitoring zone; new standardization data; an updated user’s guide, and online data management and questionnaire comple…
What in-person training options are available?
We offer a variety of on-site ASQ seminars at your location and train-the-trainer institutes. Learn more about on-site seminars and ASQ Training Institutes . To inquire about arranging an on-site seminar, you can contact the Brookes On Location (BOL) Professional Development Coordinator at seminars@brookespublis…
What does the following statement from the Photocopying and Use Guidelines mean? This restriction is not meant to apply to reimbursement of usual and customary charges for developmental screening when performed with other evaluation and management services.
The Photocopying and Use Guidelines does not allow a program to charge parents for completion of the questionniares, except for the exact cost to print the questionnaires from the CD-ROM or photocopy the questionnaires. However, a program may charge insurance. Reimbursement of usual and customary charges for developm…
Sometimes a questionnaire cannot be completed during one home visit. Can the questionnaires be completed across two visits and still remain valid and reliable?
Sometimes it is not possible to have a parent (or a professional) complete a questionnaire all at one time. It may be better not to complete the ASQ all on one home visit and tire the child and parent. As long as the questionnaire is completed within a week or two from the start date, the results should still be vali…
Is ASQ-3 endorsed by the Center for Applied Linguistics or National Center for Family Literacy? Are there any organizations that specifically endorse or recommend ASQ?
No, ASQ-3 has not received an endorsement from the Center for Applied Linguistics or the National Center for Family Literacy. ASQ-3 has been favorable reviewed by many organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and Child Neurology Society, but these reviews do not imply endorsement.
For a child whose initial ASQ-3 fell into the monitoring zone and the rescreening completed 3 months later with the same interval showed typical development, how long do I wait for the next screening?
If a child scores above the ASQ-3 cutoffs indicating typical development, the child can follow the same routine screening protocol that your program has established for all children.
For questions that need to be answered verbally by the child (for example in the Problem Solving area), would not yet be the appropriate answer for a 2.5 year-old that doesn't speak yet?
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.
Can the PDF files of the ASQ questionnaires be downloaded on multiple workstations at our clinic? Is there a limit per the license?
As long as a location owns an ASQ CD-ROM, the PDF files are able to be saved on as many computers as you'd like at that physical location. There is no limit. The files can also be uploaded to a server accessible to people at that site (but not a server that is accessible by people across multiple physical locations).
Does the ASQ-3 require utilizing adjusted age with both pre-term infants (e.g., 20 weeks, 0 days to 36 weeks, 6 days), as well as early term infants (e.g., 37 weeks, 0 days to 38 weeks, 6 days)?
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 pr…
I would like to add my program’s logo and contact information to the Family Information Sheet. May I do so without first obtaining permission from Brookes Publishing? May I make any other changes, additions, or deletions to the Family Information Sheet, or any other pages of the questionnaires?
You may add your program’s logo and contact information to the Family Information Sheet and/or remove the drawing of the mother and infant without seeking permission from Brookes Publishing. This is detailed in the ASQ-3 User’s Guide, beginning at the bottom of page 48, “At the top right of each family information sh…
