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What Users Say About ASQ
ASQ-3 is Better Than Ever
ASQ Compares Favorably with Other Screening Tools
ASQ is Easy to Use
ASQ is Economical and Catches Delays Effectively
ASQ:SE Provides Critical Social-Emotional Screening
ASQ Improves Your Work with and Involves Parents
ASQ Guides Programs in Planning Developmental Activities
ASQ-3 is Better Than Ever
 We are really looking forward to the new 2 month ASQ because we are currently unable to provide newborns with a developmental screening right now. Having multiple cutoff score ranges displayed will assist our home visitors in making a quick decision about what kind of follow up is necessary for each child.
—Kelley Franks, LSW,
Quality Improvement Coordinator, Butler County Help Me Grow
The most important aspect of the changes [in ASQ-3] would be the new cutoff scores and encouraging monitoring of children to promote early intervention.
—Jo Ann Waggoner, RN,
Community Health Nurse Supervisor, Healthy Start, Wicomico County Health Dept., Salisbury, Maryland
With the additional questionnaires offered in ASQ-3, early educators and caregivers will have a screening tool which falls within a two-month window for each child. This should make screening easier to coordinate and provide professionals and parents with more accurate and effective results. Defining the near cutoff area on the summary page is a great addition too! No more second guessing about a child’s results!
—Linda Schumacher, M.Ed.,
The Institute for Education and Professional Development, Worcester, Massachusetts, ASQ user for 3 years
I am very excited about ASQ-3 and am especially happy about the new ASQ cutoff scores and online management. I believe the new cutoffs will allow both parents and professionals to keep better overall track of children’s development and the online management will be cost effective for programs as well as easy to use for many parents.
—Michele Bishop, Connections Manager,
Child & Family Resource Council, Grand Rapids, Michigan, ASQ user for 6 years
ASQ Compares Favorably with Other Screening Tools
We switched from Denver’s RPDQ as we liked how at each developmental age ASQ is broken down into developmental areas.... The nurses like the idea of being able to leave the questionnaire with the family after scoring. This enables the family to be able to see in writing how well their child is doing. For those that need referrals, it allows them to see not only the areas their child may require some help, but also the areas where their child is doing well.
—Kathleen O’Neill Krivenko, RN, BSN, Program Manager,
Family Enhancement Center
We use the ASQ in families’ homes. It is more specific than the PEDS used in many local practices as a screening tool. Adding the ASQ:SE to the program makes the developmental monitoring of high risk children more complete by delving deeper into social emotional questions/behavior.
—Rebekah Hermann, RN, Family Home Visiting Services Coordinator,
Orange County Health Department
We initially chose ASQ over the Denver II because it required less staff training and because it was more parent friendly.
—Julie Ogg, Supervisor, Even Start & H.I.P.P.Y Programs,
Oakland Family Services
ASQ has replaced our use of the Denver II. I’m not 'testing' the child. The tool helps me have a conversation with a parent/caregiver about their observations. It also makes it easier to communicate concerns to an MD.
—Heidi Collins, RN, Public Health Nurse,
Chelan-Douglas Public Health, East Wenatchee, WA
Our team likes the ASQ because it offers a comprehensive screen, including a better social emotional screen than we’ve had access to in the past. Our old screening tool was outdated and not as comprehensive so we were pleased to hear our decision to go with the ASQ validated when we attended the national training institute and heard others around the country have also been pleased with the ASQ.
—Cindy Flauger, Director,
Early Intervention Services, Neenah, WI
ASQ is Easy to Use
Our organization has been using the ASQ exclusively for 10 years. As a parent educator I love being able to sit down with a tool that virtually any family that comes to us wanting to know if their child is learning and growing “on schedule” can easily understand... I’ve looked at many assessments. None of them compare with the ASQ for ease of training parent educators.
—Meg Buonforte, Director, Early Childhood Programs,
Utah Family Center
Our agency made a commitment to screen every client’s child for Early On eligibility. The ASQ made that possible because we could let the parent fill it out and mail it back in for scoring.
—Julie Ogg, Supervisor, Even Start & H.I.P.P.Y. Programs,
Oakland Family Services
I like the ASQ because it is easy to gather info from families. The ASQ can be mailed to families ahead of the visit; even if they haven’t completed it, they often look at it so they’re more prepared for the visit. If a family has never seen a child complete a task on the tool, it is easy to go ahead and administer the task... modeling for the family positive teaching/interaction with the child. It is nonthreatening and simple. It is a great tool to lead parent education that is developmentally appropriate.
—Rebekah Hermann, RN, Family Home Visiting Services Coordinator,
Orange County Health Department
We love the ASQ because it is easy to use. Some of our staff are high school educated and they can easily administer this test once they receive training.
—Sharon Gee, Supervisor,
Healthy Families Niagara
[ASQ] is quick and easy to use. If scores are “in the black” and we refer for a full evaluation, the child is usually eligible for services. Caregivers are more aware of what to look for. Age-appropriate exercises encourage caregivers to interact with the child in a way that will be beneficial to development. If the child scores well, this reassures parents/caregivers that they are “on the right track.” It is one of the only tools used in child care settings that has the ability to screen.
—Jean Hardik, Public Health Nurse and Consultant Educator for Child Care,
Child Find, Broome County, NY
ASQ is Economical and Catches Delays Effectively
We chose ASQ because of the family involvement aspect but also because it is a quality assessment tool that we could afford. It is extremely cost effective.
—Pamela Forni, Director, First Christian Church Day School,
Corpus Christi, TX
ASQ addresses language and social functioning more specifically than other tools we have used, making it ideal for autism screening in our rural, heavily Medicaid pediatric practice. Our clerical staff performs the scoring, which is reimbursed by most carriers in our area.
—Suzanne Berman, M.D., FAAP, Plateau Pediatrics,
Crossville, TN
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. Time is valuable when you are a young child. In many cases [ASQ] helps us catch children up before they start kindergarten, therefore providing children with the start that they deserve. This aids their self-esteem and their future success in school. In many cases, we also feel that it prevents them from ending up in the special education program.
—Sharon Gee, Supervisor,
Healthy Families Niagara
By screening all children at well child visits the ASQ has made it easier to identify children needing referral or additional screening and gives you the ability to make the referrals earlier than we might have in the past. There is less second guessing about the need for referral and more direction for families needing referrals and reassurance for families who have children pass that their child is doing well.
—Anita Berry, Director, MSN, CNP/APN,
Healthy Steps for Young Children Program, Advocate Health Care
When parents or child care providers ask me questions about a child, in order to give the best guidance, I need to be able to quickly assess overall health, growth and development of the child. ASQs serve as a quick “down and dirty” assessment of developmental progress that help me decide when referrals may need to be made. I can’t say enough about how useful the ASQ and ASQ:SE have been to my practice.
—Jean Hardik, Public Health Nurse and Consultant Educator for Child Care,
Child Find, Broome County, NY
ASQ:SE Provides Critical Social-Emotional Screening
I like the ASQ:SE, which is an easy non-threatening tool to use to assess important social-emotional developmental milestones of the baby.... This tool lends itself well to developing educational activities to foster a healthy parenting relationship.
—Cynthia Suire, MSN, RN, Nurse–Family Partnership Program
Louisiana Office of Public Health
ASQ:SE is easy to complete with parents; it’s very thorough. Because it is done with the parent and teacher together, it offers a chance for the teacher to model best practices for the parent. ASQ:SE completes our overall screening process. It has been successful identifying children who need mental health support.
—Pat Scucci, Penny Robideau, Susan Daniels, Program Managers, and
Lisa Lowery, Director of Operations,
Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation
We are using the ASQ as one of the screening tools in our Infant–Preschooler Mental Health Certificates Program. It is easy to train, easy to use, facilitates strength-based practice by increasing the parental understanding of normal development, and it is responsive to developmental changes.
—Sue Ammen, Coordinator,
Infant-Preschooler Mental Health Certificates Program,
Fresno, CA Early Intervention Services
ASQ Improves Your Work with and Involves Parents
My favorite part about the ASQ is that the family is so involved. It helps them to understand their child’s strengths compared to his/her developmental age as well as what area may need to be worked on. Discussing the various activities allows the teacher and the parent to see how their combined efforts can benefit their child.... ASQ has helped the communication between home and school. Each area is delineated enough that specific skills can be assessed. Parents have been very positive about using the ASQ and it has helped them to observe their children more closely.
—Linda Rivers, Director,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Child Care Center
The ASQ makes follow-up for children who need early intervention services easy due to the fact that the information comes from the parent. It is not the “professional expert” who is evaluating the child; it is the true expert—the parent!
—Beth Baillargeon, Early Intervention and Education Coordinator,
Early Head Start, Northcoast Children’s Services
[ASQ] is parent friendly. We can do it with a parent or leave it for a parent to do on their own. [Also,] it comes in Spanish.
—Julie Ogg, Supervisor, Even Start & H.I.P.P.Y. Programs,
Oakland Family Services
Parent involvement in our birth to 3 program is a key piece of gathering valid assessment information on a child’s developmental skills. The ASQ accommodates active parent participation.
—Cindy Flauger, Director,
Early Intervention Services, Neenah, WI
What I like best about ASQ is by using a parent report tool the parents become part of the health care team. They are the experts on their child and they feel their observations and input are valued by their provider.
—Anita Berry, Director, MSN, CNP/APN,
Healthy Steps for Young Children Program, Advocate Health Care
ASQ supports the federally funded Head Start/Early Head Start philosophy that the parents are the most important teacher of their child and we partner with parents. The questionnaires also come in a variety of languages, are cost-efficient, and are easy to use in partnership with parents to set goals. And materials are easily accessible in the home environment, which is extremely important for our limited-funding and home-based program.
—Talitha Allen, M.Ed.,
Early Head Start Program Manager/Supervisor
The ASQs have made scheduling home visits easier, because parents are very anxious to see how their child is doing.
—Lisa McIntosh, RN, HANDS Coordinator,
Powell County Health Department, Stanton, KY
I love the pictures and the descriptions [in the ASQ questionnaires] because I think it really makes talking with families about their child’s development meaningful for them. Developing a mutual understanding of their child’s development helps to build positive relationships with families.
—Vera Lynne Stroup-Rentier, Technical Assistance Coordinator,
Kansas Inservice Training System,
Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
ASQ Guides Programs in Planning Developmental Activities
We chose ASQ because it is easy to do, low cost, culturally sensitive, and it meets our purpose of basic screening for our children’s development. Our infant teachers base their curriculum on each individual child based on the ASQ. It has also enabled us to better evaluate if we are meeting all the children’s needs and to plan special activities and attentions for some children. We have added the ASQ to the children’s journals and use them during parent/teacher conferences.
—Kathy Bostic, Program Supervisor,
Pinehurst Child Care Center
The ASQs provide parents with the knowledge of what is expected at each age group, within a specific range. Parents see it in black and white, and if their child cannot do something on the ASQ, the parents become very focused on ensuring that they learn it.... The parents get so much more from this than any other screening I have used as a nurse.
—Lisa McIntosh, RN, HANDS Coordinator,
Powell County Health Department, Stanton, KY
We researched other tools available and decided the reliability and ease of administration [of ASQ] were key for us... We make our learning plans and activity plans directly from the results of the ASQ and ASQ:SE.
—Jerri Helmreich, M.Ed., Learning Advocate Coordinator,
SPARK Ohio
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