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It helps Google control which new features or interface changes are shown to users as part of testing and staged rollouts, ensuring consistent experience for a given user during an experiment. Uncategorised Other uncategorised cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category as yet. No cookies to display. Reject AllSave My PreferencesAccept All Powered by [Visit CookieYes website](https://www.cookieyes.com/product/cookie-consent/?ref=cypbcyb&utm_source=cookie-banner&utm_medium=sl-branding) # Why Screening Matters Screening young children is an effective, efficient way for professionals to check a child’s development, help parents celebrate their child’s milestones and know what to look for next, and determine whether follow-up steps are needed. It’s also an essential first step toward identifying children with delays or disorders in the critical early years, _before_ they start school. Everything you need to know about developmental screening. [Download your Screening Toolkit now!](https://agesandstages.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Dev-Screening-Toolkit-2018.pdf) ### Did you know? - Because social-emotional and developmental delays in children can be subtle, most children who would benefit from early intervention aren’t identified until after they start school. In fact, this happens 70% of the time when busy pediatricians and specialists rely on clinical judgment alone.1 - Developmental delays, learning disorders, and behavioral and social-emotional problems are estimated to affect 1 in every 6 children.2 Only 20% to 30% of these children are identified as needing help before school begins.3 - Intervention before kindergarten has huge academic, social, and economic benefits. Studies have shown that children who receive early treatment for developmental delays are more likely to graduate from high school, hold jobs, live independently, and avoid teen pregnancy, delinquency, and violent crime, which results in a savings to society of about $30,000 to $100,000 per child.4 - If social-emotional problems are identified and addressed early, children are less likely to be placed in special education programs—and later in life, they’re also less likely to experience school failure and unemployment. ### Experts Agree: Screening is Essential Because early childhood screening has so many benefits, influential laws and organizations have made it a top priority: - **The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)** requires states to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are in need of early intervention or special education services. - **The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)** recommends that all infants and young children be screened for delays as a regular part of their ongoing health care.5 - The **Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s** national campaign _Learn the Signs. Act Early_ encourages parents to monitor their child’s development, participate in developmental screenings, and share any concerns early. - The **Head Start** Program Performance Standards require use of research-based, standardized, culturally appropriate developmental screening tools for all children within 45 days of program entry. - **The American Academy of Neurology (AAN)** and the **Child Neurology Society (CNS)** call for screening at all well-child visits from infancy through school-age and “at any age thereafter if concerns are raised about social acceptance, learning, or behavior.”6 - Medicaid’s **Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)** benefit requires screening at each well-child visit. - The **Help Me Grow** system model, adopted in 28 states across the U.S., aims to increase the rates of developmental screening. One of the key goals of Help Me Grow is to identify children at risk for delays and connect them to services that can help. - **Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!**, a coordinated federal effort, is committed to encouraging universal developmental and behavioral screening. They’ve compiled a helpful Compendium of Screening Measures for Young Children to assist programs in choosing a research-based tool. - Many **state quality rating improvement systems (QRIS)** include use of developmental and social-emotional screening tools as requirements or quality indicators. ### **ASQ is the Answer** Your choice of screening tool can determine so much about a young child’s outcomes—so you’ll want to choose one that’s reliable, research-based, and rigorously reviewed. Here’s why ASQ® is your answer: The ASQ screening system has been tested extensively and is based on sound child development and assessment principles. Backed by almost 40 years of rigorous research, ASQ questionnaires are highly accurate in identifying children with developmental delays with excellent sensitivity and specificity. High validity and reliability have been demonstrated through detailed psychometric studies. ASQ items were reviewed by experts in psychology, psychiatry, education, early childhood development, pediatrics, nursing, and mental health. Experts provided feedback on the appropriateness of items, ease of understanding items, scoring format, and content validity. ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 have been favorably reviewed in the Buros Center’s Mental Measurements Yearbook and are included in multiple compendiums of research-based screening tools. Early childhood professionals across the country field-tested ASQ questionnaires with a diverse sample of young children and parents that reflect the demographic makeup of the United States. ASQ includes a sample of unparalleled size—tens of thousands of questionnaires were completed in the national normative studies for ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2. To learn more about the development of and research behind the ASQ questionnaires, download the ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 Technical Reports. [ASQ-3 Technical Report](https://agesandstages.com/asq-3-technical-appendix/) [ASQ:SE-2 Technical Report](https://agesandstages.com/asqse-2-technical-appendix/) \\_\\_\\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _Sources_: _1 Glascoe, F.P. (2000). Early detection of developmental and behavioral problems._ Pediatrics in Review, 21(8), _272–280._ _2 Dunkle, M. (Fall 2004). High Quality Developmental Screening._ Developmental & Behavioral News, 13(2) _._ _3 Component Seven: Surveillance and Screening Facilitator Manual, Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs. Retrieved January 2, 2006, http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/training/materials/April2004Curriculum/SS/Screening Facilitator.pdf_ _4 Glascoe, F.P., Shapiro, H.L. (2004, May 27). Introduction to Developmental and Behavioral Screening.developmental behavioral pediatrics online. Retrieved December 16, 2005, from http://www.dbpeds.org/articles/detail.cfm?id=5_ _5 American Academy of Pediatrics (2001, July). Developmental Surveillance and Screening of Infants and Young Children,_ Pediatrics, 108(1), _192–196._ _6 American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society, (2000, August). Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism,_ Neurology, _468–479._ - #### What ASQ Users are Saying “What I love about the ASQ is that it allows our staff to catch delays quickly and allows us to get our clients the early intervention programs that they sometimes need. **In many cases \[ASQ\] helps us catch children up before they start kindergarten, therefore providing children with the start that they deserve.**” Sharon Gee, Supervisor, Healthy Families Niagara - [Previous](https://agesandstages.com/about-asq/why-screening-matters/#) - [Next](https://agesandstages.com/about-asq/why-screening-matters/#)