Developmental Screening Tool

Developmental screening tools are formal questionnaires or checklists based on research that ask questions about a child's development, including language, movement, thinking, behavior, and emotions. These behavioral screening can are carefully validated by research and used to track children's development relative to milestones achieved by a larger group of children of the same age.

ASQ is a parent-completed questionnaire used as a general developmental screening tool, which evaluates five developmental domains (communication, and gross motor skills, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal adaptive skills) for children from 1 to 66 months. It has two components - ASQ:3 focused on school readiness, and ASQ-SE:2 focused on social/emotional development - each composed of 30 questions in five developmental areas. ASQ provides a quick look at how children are doing in important areas of development, helping parents identify strengths or areas that may need additional support.

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Developmental surveillance is an ongoing process to identify children at risk of developmental delay, while developmental screening involves using validated, standardized tests to supplement surveillance.