Journal articles/abstracts Archives - Ages and Stages
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Promoting Optimal Development: Identifying Infants and Young Children With Developmental Disorders Through Developmental Surveillance and Screening
This clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) models a universal system of developmental surveillance and screening for the early identification of conditions that affect children’s early and long-term development and achievement. The report finds that early identification of developmental disabilities can be achieved through the combined processes… Read More
Promoting Optimal Development: Screening for Behavioral and Emotional Problems
This clinical report from the AAP focuses on the need to increase behavioral screening and offers potential changes in practice and the health system, as well as the research needed to accomplish this. Read More
Prevalence and Variation of Developmental Screening and Surveillance in Early Childhood
This journal article, published in September 2018, explores the national estimates of standardized developmental screening and surveillance, as well as individual and state variations, that may identify opportunities for improvement.
Systematic Review of Social–Emotional Screening Instruments for Young Children in Child Welfare
This study, published in 2017, reviewed the substantive and psychometric properties of social-emotional screening instruments designed for children ages 10 and younger used in child welfare services.
The psychometric properties of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires for ages 2-2.5: a systematic review
In 2017, Child: Care, Health, and Development published this article which was the first systematic review of the psychometric properties of ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE relevant to the use of the measures as a population outcome indicator. … Read More
Adapting a Developmental Screening Measure: Exploring the Effects of Language and Culture on a Parent-Completed Social-Emotional Screening Test
This journal article, published in a 2017 volume of Infants & Young Children, investigated the cultural equity of the 60-month interval of the ASQ:SE by examining whether the items functioned differently in the original English version compared with 5 adapted translated versions. Read More
Promoting Optimal Development: Screening for Behavioral and Emotional Problems
This journal article, published in a 2015 volume of Pediatrics, focuses on the need to increase behavioral screening and offers potential changes in practice and the health system, as well as the research needed to accomplish this.
Trends in the Use of Standardized Tools for Developmental Screening in Early Childhood: 2002–2009
This study, published in a 2011 volume of Pediatrics, compares pediatricians’ use of standardized screening tools from 2002 to 2009.
Adaptation From Paper–Pencil to Web-Based Administration of a Parent-Completed Developmental Questionnaire for Young Children
In 2013, Infants & Young Children published this article that examined whether results differed when ASQ screenings were completed on paper or online. The study found that the results can be considered equivalent.
The Evidence Behind Developmental Screening Instruments
This study, published in Infants & Young Children in 2012, reviews 14 commonly used tools that identify young children with developmental delays, including ASQ.