Do you ever wish you were able to use the assessments Family Educators use on your children yourself to see where your child scores developmentally and see what if anything they need help in?? Well you can!
What is the ASQ?
The Ages & Stages Questionnaires® (ASQ) Third Edition is a questionnaire designed to help parents check their child's development. The ASQ-3 is an assessment tool that helps parents provide information about the developmental status of their young child across five developmental areas: communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social. The assessment tool is available in 21 versions to allow measurement of development at the following ages: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 42, 48, 54, and 60 months of age. The web-site provides an age calculator to assist in choosing the right tool by factoring in weeks born premature: http://agesandstages.com/age-calculator/
Just go to your search engine and type in ASQ Questionnaire and what ever month your child falls closest too. In this example I'm using 18 months and up comes a PDF of the assessment.
Parents can use the results of the ASQ to help talk with pediatricians, teachers or other professionals if they have concerns about their child's development.
Early diagnosis and treatment of developmental delays can help give a child the best opportunity to reach his/her full potential.
The Questionnaires
The core of ASQ is a series of 20 questionnaires that correspond to age intervals from birth to 6 years.
Each questionnaire contains simple questions for parents to answer about activities their child is (or is not) able to do.
The answers are scored and help to determine whether the child's development is on schedule or whether the child should be referred for a developmental checkup with a professional.
Activities discussed in each questionnaire reflect developmental milestones for each age group. Parents can learn more about what to expect their child to be able to do at each stage of development.
And now you have the tool myself and others use to help you with your children.
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