Revision of a Parent-Completed Developmental Screening Tool: Ages and Stages Questionnaires

Abstract

Examined the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ), a series of 11 developmental questionnaires designed to be completed by parents and caregivers of young children from 4 to 48 months of age. The ASQ were recently revised and additional psychometric data were gathered. Analyses on over 7,000 questionnaires indicated high test-retest reliability, interobserver reliability, and internal consistency. Concurrent validity using standardized measures yielded on overall agreement of 85%, with a range of 76-91%. Specificity was high across questionnaire intervals while sensitivity was lower and varied across intervals. Use of parent-completed screening tools such as the ASQ is attractive in terms of cost-effectiveness, parental involvement, and flexibility in administration procedures.

Suboptimal Maternal Iodine Intake Is Associated with Impaired Child Neurodevelopment at 3 Years of Age in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

“…We defined options 5 and 6 as normal language development, options 1-4 as language delay (including severe language delay), and options 1-3 as severe language delay. were included in the questionnaire at 3 y of age (29). Mean scores were calculated and standardized.…”

Development of Screening Inventory for Thai Muslim Spouses at Risk of Domestic Violence Behaviors in Satun Province

“…This instrument can, therefore, be useful for solving problems of individuals so that help can be provided for them correctly and timely. The results of the screening inventory must be kept confidential, not to make known which group of risk behaviors they belong to, and this is also to prevent them from being teased by others (Squires, Bricker, & Potter, 1997). Screening individuals with risk behaviors is an important component of an assisting, problem solving and preventing systems that are processes with clear style and steps, methods, activities, and tools that are practical and can be conducted with close cooperation from related individuals and organizations in the community as well as those from outside (Atkins-Burnett & Meisels, 2005;Meisels, 1988).…”

“…Screening individuals with risk behaviors is an important component of an assisting, problem solving and preventing systems that are processes with clear style and steps, methods, activities, and tools that are practical and can be conducted with close cooperation from related individuals and organizations in the community as well as those from outside (Atkins-Burnett & Meisels, 2005;Meisels, 1988). In addition, screening is an assisting system that enables individuals to know and understand themselves, to have ways to improve and develop themselves in addition to promote and prevent problems of individuals who have risk behaviors and those who have normal behaviors (Guralnick, 2001;Squires, Bricker, & Potter, 1997). The system needs to have quality standards, work evidence, and cooperation from all parties concerned in the community and outside, and also with clear methods and tools (Guralnick, 2001;Squires, Bricker, & Potter, 1997;Ponsan, 2004).…”

“…In addition, screening is an assisting system that enables individuals to know and understand themselves, to have ways to improve and develop themselves in addition to promote and prevent problems of individuals who have risk behaviors and those who have normal behaviors (Guralnick, 2001;Squires, Bricker, & Potter, 1997). The system needs to have quality standards, work evidence, and cooperation from all parties concerned in the community and outside, and also with clear methods and tools (Guralnick, 2001;Squires, Bricker, & Potter, 1997;Ponsan, 2004). Thus, it can be said that screening individuals with risk behaviors is a process that prevents, promotes and systematically solves the problem for individuals who face the problem with steps, methods, tools and cooperation from all related parties using a screening process to classify the individuals into two groups or to place them into five levels.…”

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