Studies Supporting ASQ

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

Articles supporting ASQ as an accurate, cost-effective, and parent-friendly instrument for screening and monitoring of preschool children

• American Academy of Pediatric's Cmmittee on Children with Disabilities. (2001, July). Developmental surveillance and screening of infants and young children. Pediatrics, 108, 192–196.
• 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.
• 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.
• Glascoe, F.P. (2000, March). Evidence-based approach to developmental and behavioral surveillance using parents’ concerns. Child: Care, Health & Development, 26(2), 137–149.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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., & 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). Developmental monitoring of children conceived by ICSI and IVF. Fertility and Sterility, 76(3, Suppl. 1), S145–S146.
• Squires, J., Carter, A., & Kaplan, P. (2003). 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.
• 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.