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ASQ addresses language and social functioning more specifically than other tools we have used, making it ideal for autism screening…

What ASQ Users Are Saying

Studies on ASQ-3*

Studies on ASQ-3 are currently being conducted in the United States, Canada, and countries throughout the world.

Articles supporting ASQ-3 (or its prior editions) as an accurate, cost-effective, and parent-friendly instrument for screening and monitoring of preschool children

  • American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Children with Disabilities. (2001, July). Developmental surveillance and screening of infants and young children. Pediatrics, 108, 192–196.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement: Identifying Infants and Young Children with Developmental Disorders in the Medical Home: An Algorithm for Developmental Surveillance and Screening, Pediatrics, (2006), 118, 405-420.
  • Baggett, K., Warlen, L., Hamilton, J. Roberts, J., & Staker, M. (2007), Screening Infant Mental Health Indicators: An Early Head Start Initiative, Infants and Young Children, 20, 4, 300-310.
  • Campos, J., Squires, J. & Ponte, J. (2010). Universal development screening: Preliminary studies in Galicia, Spain. Early Child Development and Care.
  • Chan, B., & Taylor, N. (1998). The follow along program cost analysis in southwest Minnesota. Infants & Young Children, 10(4), 71–79.
  • Dionne, C., Squires, J., & Leclerc, D. (2004, June). Psychometric properties of a developmental screening test: Using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) in Quebec and the US. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 48(4–5), 408.
  • Dobrez, D., Sasso, A.L., Holl, J., Shalowitz, M., Leon, S., & Budetti, P. (2001). Estimating the cost of developmental and behavioral screening of preschool children in general pediatric practice. Pediatrics, 108, 913–922.
  • Drotar et al. (2008). Selecting Developmental Surveillance and Screening Tools. Pediatrics in Review. 29: 52–58.
  • Earls, M., & Hay, S. (2006). Setting the stage for success: Implementation of developmental and behavioral screening and surveillance in primary care practice-The North Carolina Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) Project, 118 (1), 183-188.
  • Elbers, J., Macnab, A., McLeod, E., & Gagnon, F. (2008). The Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Feasibility of use as a screening tool for children in Canada. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, 13(1), 9-14.
  • Filipek, P., Accardo, P., Ashwal, S., Baranek, G.T., Cook, E.H., Jr., Dawson, G., et al. (2000). Practice parameter: screening and diagnosis of autism. A report of the quality standards subcommittee of American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society. Neurology, 55, 468–479.
  • Frisk, V., Lee, E., Green, P., & Whyte, H. (2004). Deciding on a Screening Test for Medically-at-risk Children: An Evidence-Based Approach. IM Print, Infant Mental Health Promotion Project Newsletter, Vol. 40.
  • Glascoe, F.P. (2000, March). Evidence-based approach to developmental and behavioral surveillance using parents’ concerns. Child: Care, Health & Development, 26(2), 137–149.
  • Hamilton, S. (2006). Screening for developmental delay: Reliable, easy-to-use tools. Journal of Family Practice, 55, 415-422.
  • Handal, A., Lozoff, B., Breilh, J., & Harlow, S. (2007). Effects of community residence on neurobehavioral development in infants and young children in flower-growing region of Ecuador. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115 (1), 128-133.
  • Hanig, K. (2010). Review of Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: A Parent-Completed Child Monitoring System, Third Edition. In R.A. Spies, J.F. Carlson, & K.F. Geisinger (Eds.), The eighteenth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 10–13). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
  • Heo, K., Squires, J., & Yovanoff, P. (2008). Cross-cultural adaptation of a preschool screening instrument: Comparison of Korean and U.S. Populations. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52, 195-206.
  • Hix-Small, H., Marks, K., Squires, J., & Nickel, R. (2007). Implementing developmental screening at 12 and 24 months in a primary care pediatric office. Pediatrics 120 (2), 1-9.
  • Janson, H. (2003). Influences on participation rate in a national Norwegian child development screening questionnaire study. Acta Paediatrica, 92(1), 91–96.
  • Janson, H., & Squires, J. (2004). Parent-completed developmental screening in a Norwegian population sample: A comparison with U.S. normative data. Acta Paediatrica, 93, 1525–1529.
  • Jee, S.H., Szilagyi, M., Ovenshire, C., Norton, A., Conn, A., Blumkin, A., & Szilagvi, P.G. (2010). Improved detection of developmental delays among young children in foster care. Pediatrics, 125, 282-289.
  • Kerstjens, J., Bos, A., ten Vergert, E., de Meer, G., Burcher, P., & Reijneveld, S. (2009). Support for the global feasibility of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire as developmental screener. Early Human Development, 5(78), 443-447.
  • Klamer, A., Lando, A., Pinborg, A., & Greisen, G. (2005). Ages & Stages Questionnaire used to measure cognitive deficit in children born extremely preterm. Acta Paediatrica, 94, 1327-1329.
  • Kovanen, P., Maatta, P., Leskinen, & Heinonen, K. (2000, June/August). Parents as developmental screeners: The applicability of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire in Finland. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 44(3 & 4), 353.
  • Lando, A., Klamer, A., Jonsbo, J., Weiss, J., & Greisen, G. (2005, May). Developmental delay at 12 months in children born extremely preterm. Acta Paediatrica, 94, 1604-1607.
  • Lindsay, N., Healy, G., Colditz, P. & Lingwood, B. (2008). Use of the Ages & Stages Questionnaire to predict outcome after hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in the neonate. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 44, 590-595.
  • Lipkin, P. (2006, September). Moving Forward in Development Screening.Pediatric News, Vol 40, Issue 9, 34.
  • Marks, K., Hix-Small, H., Clark, K., & and Newman, J. (2009). Lowering developmental screening thresholds and raising quality improvement for preterm children. Pediatrics, 123, 1516-1523.
  • Nicol, P. (2006). Using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire to teach medical students developmental assessment: a descriptive analysis. BioMed Central Medical Education, 6:29. (http://biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/6/29).
  • Pinto-Martin, J., Dunkle, M., Earls, M., Fliedner, D., & Landes, C. (2004). Developmental Stages of Developmental Screening: Steps to Implementation of a Successful Program. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 11, 6-10.
  • Pizur-Barnekow, K., et. al. (2010). Early Identification of Developmental Delays Through Surveillance, Screening, and Diagnostic Evaluation.  Infants & Young Children, 23, 4, 323-330.
  • Radecki, L., Sand-Loud, N., O’Connor, K.G., Sharp, S., & Olson, L.M. (2011). Trends in the use of standardized tools for developmental screening in early childhood: 2002-2009. Pediatrics, 128, 1, 14-18.
  • Richter, J & Janson, H. (2007). A validation study of the Norwegian version of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires. Acta Paediatrica, 96, 748-752.
  • Schonhaut, L., Salinas, P., Armijo, I., Schönstedt, M., Álvarez, J., & Manríquez, M. (2009). Validación de un cuestionario autoadministrado para la evaluatión del desarrollo psicomotor. (Validiation of a self administered questionnaire for the evaluation of psychomotor development.) Revista Chilena de Pediatría, 80(6), 513-519
  • Skellern, C.Y., & O’Callaghan, M. (1999, October). Parent-completed questionnaires: An effective screening instrument for developmental delay in follow-up of ex-premature infants. Journal of Pediatrics & Child Health, 35(5), A2.
  • Skellern, C.Y., Rogers, Y., & O’Callaghan, M. (2001). A parent-completed developmental questionnaire: Follow up of ex-premature infants. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 37(2), 125–129.
  • Squires, J. (1996, July). Parent completed developmental questionnaires: A low-cost strategy for child find and screening. Infants and Young Children, 9(1), 16–28.
  • Squires, J. (2000, June/August). Early detection of development delays: Parents as first level screeners. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 44(3 & 4), 471.
  • Squires, J., Bricker, D., & Clifford, J. (2010). Developmental screening measures: Stretching the use of the ASQ for other assessment purposes.Infants and Young Children, (23), 1, 14-22.
  • Squires, J., Bricker, D., & Potter, L. (1997, June). Revision of a parent-completed developmental screening tool: Ages and Stages Questionnaires. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 22(3), 313–328.
  • Squires, J.K., Carter, A., & Kaplan, P.F. (2001, September). Fertility and Sterility, 76(3, Suppl. 1), S145–S146.
  • Squires, J., Carter, A., & Kaplan, P. (2003). Developmental monitoring of children conceived by ICSI and IVF.Fertility and Sterility, 79(2), 453–454.
  • Squires, J.K., Kaplan, P.F., & Carter, A. M. (2000, April). Developmental monitoring of ICSI/IVF Offspring. Fertility and Sterility, 73(4, Suppl. 1), 14S.
  • Squires, J., Katzev, A., & Jenkins, F. (2002, June). Early screening for developmental delays: Use of parent-completed questionnaires in Oregon’s Healthy Start Program. Early Child Development and Care, 172(3), 275–282.
  • Squires, J., Potter, L., Bricker, D., & Lamorey, S. (1998). Parent-completed developmental questionnaires: Effectiveness with low and middle income parents. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(2), 345–354.
  • Squires, J., Potter, L., & Bricker, D., (1999). Appendix F: Technical report on ASQ. In The ASQ User’s Guide for the Ages & Stages Questionnaires® (ASQ): A Parent-Completed, Child-Monitoring Questionnaire (pp. 133–166). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
  • Tsai, H.A., McClelland, M., Pratt, C., & Squires, J. (2006). Adaptation of the 36 month Ages and Stages Questionnaire in Taiwan. Journal of Early Intervention. 28 (3). 213-225..
  • Valleley, R.J., & Roane, B.M. (2010). Review of Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: A Parent-Completed Child Monitoring System, Third Edition. In R.A. Spies, J.F. Carlson, & K.F. Geisinger (Eds.), The eighteenth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 13–15). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
  • Williams, D.L., Gelijns, A.C., Moskowitz, A.J., Weinberg, A.D., Ng, J.H., Crawford, E., et al. (2000, April). Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: Valuing the survival. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 119(4, Pt. 1), 720–731.
  • Worcester, S. (2007, September). Ages and Stages’ Screen Improves Referral Rates. Pediatric News, Vol. 41, Issue 9, 24-25.
  • Yu, L., Hey, E., Doyle, L., Farrell, B., Spark, B., Altman, D., & Duley, L. (2007). Evaluation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in identifying children with neurosensory disability in the Magpie Trial follow-up study. Acta Paediatrica, 96, 1803-1808.

*Studies are on ASQ-3 and prior editions.