Setting Up Your Screening Program - Ages and Stages

Setting Up Your Screening Program

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1. Does ASQ-3 have any requirements for intervals that are supposed to be used for every child?
2. How often should ASQ:SE-2 be completed for a child?
3. How often should parents complete ASQ-3 questionnaires?
4. I am a new director at a child care center, and I am interested in screening all of our children. Would it be best for me to complete the ASQ questionnaires or would it be best for the teachers of the children to complete them?
5. I am in charge of tracking ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 for my county, and I am having trouble trying to track all of the screenings. Are there any Excel spreadsheets or tracking systems that I could use?
6. If supervisors were to run fidelity checks, how would they do? Would they test for reliability among screeners, or would they sit in on screenings and complete a checklist of fidelity items?
7. If we screen a child at 6 months of age, when should we screen the child again? How many times should a child be screened within a year?
8. Is a document available to keep track of screenings?
9. Our early childhood center has new children start each September. How soon should we use the ASQ with these children?
10. What is the recommended timeline for screening children in Early Head Start between birth and three years old?