Is there a letter that I can send with the questionnaire to parents to explain the program?
Yes, we have sample letters to help you introduce your screening program and the ASQ questionnaires to parents. Please visit our Parent Communication page for these letters. You are welcome to edit the sample letters to work for your program. These sample letters are also included in the appendix of the User’s Gui…
I am a new director at a child care center, and I am interested in screening all of our children. Would it be best for me to complete the ASQ questionnaires or would it be best for the teachers of the children to complete them?
ASQ was developed and validated as a parent-completed tool, and it is recommended that parents complete the questionnaire. However, a caregiver or teacher who spends at least 20 hours a week with the child may also complete the questionnaires. It is important that the person completing the questionnaire is familiar w…
How was ASQ normed and validated in Native America populations? Do you have any data, publications, or other resources you can share?
Native American children were included in the research samples for both ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2. 1.1% of the sample for ASQ-3 was categorized as Native American/Alaskan (see chart on page 163 of the ASQ-3 User’s Guide) and 0.8% of the sample for ASQ:SE-2 was categorized as Native American (see page 189 of the ASQ:SE-2 Use…
Do you have tips for administering questionnaires when a parent has a known mental illness such as bipolar, schizophrenia, or active chemical use?
The ASQ developers recommend having both the parent and another adult providing care for the child separately complete ASQ questionnaires. Parents with mental illness may be able to observe their child and provide valid and reliable information despite their symptoms. If the parent is an involved parent, it would be …
Do paper copies of the questionnaires need to be purchased for usage of the online system?
Yes, in order to use ASQ Online, the online management and online questionnaire completion system for ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2, a program must first purchase print copies of the questionnaires that the program wishes to use in the online system. If a program wishes to use ASQ-3 in both English and Vietnamese, the program m…
Most parents don’t see their child interact with peers because they do this at preschool or child care. How will their answers to these questions be valid?
Most parents see their children interact with peers—during playdates, at birthday parties, at social events, in the neighborhood, in the community, on sports teams, and so forth. For children who have been in a preschool or child care environment, parents typically have seen and heard about their children’s social in…
How can screening data for the ASQ-3 translations (Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, and French) be entered into ASQ Online?
The translations commercially available from Brookes all work just like English and Spanish questionnaires in ASQ Online. The CD-ROMs have keycodes that unlock the translated questionnaires for entering results, printing, and setting up Family Access pages. Keycodes were not included on the initial printings of ASQ-3…
Our early childhood center has new children start each September. How soon should we use the ASQ with these children?
Your program can use the Ages & Stages Questionnaires as soon as you’d like with children and their parents. Many programs have parents complete the questionnaires at the beginning of the year so the teachers have an idea of the child’s skills. If teachers will be completing the questionnaires, instead of parents, th…
Our agency is converting to an electronic health record and phasing out paper files. Are we allowed to scan completed ASQ forms into our EHR? Are we allowed to enter the domain scores for the ASQ-3 in our EHR?
Yes, users are allowed to scan a completed questionnaire, including the Information Summary sheet, and save a copy in your EHR system. Users are also allowed to enter domain scores into your EHR; it is also allowable to enter responses or scores for individual items on ASQ-3 or ASQ:SE-2 into your EHR system. Formal w…
Are the master questionnaires on the CD-ROMs interactive or modifiable?
No, the questionnaires on the CD-ROMs are in PDF format and are not fillable (interactive) or modifiable. The CD-ROMs are basically a more durable version of the paper forms. You can use the CD-ROMs to print the questionnaires and then photocopy them as needed. If your program is interested in personalizing the quest…
