Ages & Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3) Starter Kit

The ASQ, 3rd Edition, is a screening and tracking program for infants and young children, from 1 month to 5 years of age, who are at risk for developmental delays. This parent-completed child-monitoring system is an effective, economical way to identify infants and young children who require further developmental evaluation.

This screening tool helps to determine whether or not a child may need further diagnostic testing and intervention services. It can also be used to monitor children who are likely to outgrow their problems naturally without intervention.

What's New in ASQ-3?ASQ-3 keeps everything users loved about the previous edition of ASQ?and incorporates dozens of seamless enhancements and additions, including:

• New 2 Month questionnaire?reliably screen infants as young as 1 month.
• New 9 Month questionnaire that makes it easy to follow the AAP's Screening Policy, which calls for structured developmental screening at 9-, 18-, and 24- or 30-month well-child visits.
• Any child, anytime screening with expanded administration windows?accurately screen any child from 1?66 months without any gaps between the questionnaire age intervals
• New, open-ended questions on behavior and expressive language assist in eliciting parent concerns that may indicate autism.
• New standardization with the largest, most diverse sample of any screener (12,695 children)
• Revised cutoff points based on the restandardization, ensuring that ASQ-3 identifies children for further assessment with excellent sensitivity (.86) and specificity (.85)
• New monitoring zone that reveals also which children may need ongoing monitoring
• Updated User's Guide with more explicit guidance, more family scenarios, and a revised technical appendix
• Laminated Quick Start Guide that keeps administration and scoring basics close at hand

Available As: ASQ User's Guide (256 pages) and Printed Questionnaires and CD-ROM with PDF masters (Choose English or Spanish) and the ASQ-3 Quick Start Guide
Developed by: Jane Squires, Ph.D., & Diane Bricker, Ph.D., with assistance from Elizabeth Twombly, M.S., Robert Nickel, M.D., Jantina Clifford, Ph.D., Kimberly Murphy, Robert Hoselton, LaWanda Potter, M.S., Linda Mounts, M.A., & Jane Farrell, M.S.