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Protocol - Early Childhood Speech and Language Assessment - Ages and Stages Questionnaire

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Description

The communication subscale of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3™) includes 6 questions that screen young children from 24-30 months for developmental delays in language skills. The ASQ-3™ is completed by a parent (or child's caregiver) or by an examiner asking a parent (or child's caregiver) questions about the child. The protocol includes scoring instructions. Additionally, the Brookes Publishing Company offers an optional online management system for ASQ-3™ called ASQ Online.

Specific Instructions

In order for speech and language assessments to be considered valid, the investigator should make sure that the respondent speaks English well. The respondent should have hearing and cognitive ability adequate for understanding the items and evaluating the child's speech and language ability. For genetic studies, children should be assessed for hearing or nonverbal impairment as related factors that can contribute to low performance. Language impairment can appear without these factors but if these factors appear, the genetics of the language impairment may be confounded with the genetics of the related factors. The Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3™) is a proprietary, fee-based instrument that is available for purchase from Brookes Publishing Company. The communication portion of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3™) is not sold separately.

Availability

Limited Availability

Protocol

Summary of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition

The communication subscale of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3™) includes 6 questions that assess developmental delays in language skills.

A child's scores for the communication portion are compared to cut-off scores to determine a need for monitoring or further assessment.

The Ages & Stages Questionnaires® is a registered trademark of Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.

ASQ-3™ is a trademark of Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.

Personnel and Training Required

The ASQ-3™ User's Guide contains essential information for using the ASQ-3™. No formal training is required, but training is offered through Brookes Publishing Co. Information on training is available at www.agesandstages.com.

Equipment Needs

The respondent will need a copy of the questionnaire. The ASQ-3™ Materials Kit is available for purchase at www.agesandstages.com.

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Proxy-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Toddler

Participants

Parents and caregivers of children ages 24-30 months

Selection Rationale

The Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3™) was vetted against similar protocols and selected because it is a validated, relatively short parent- (or child caregiver-) reported questionnaire that can be used to screen a large number of children.

Language

Chinese, English, Other languages available at source

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) Child speech age stages proto 62981-6 LOINC
Human Phenotype Ontology Delayed speech and language development HP:0000750 HPO
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

The Expert Review Panel #7 (ERP 7) reviewed the measures in the Speech and Hearing domain.

Guidance from ERP 7 includes the following:

  • No significant changes

Protocol Name from Source

Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition

Source

Jane Squires, Ph.D., & Diane Bricker, Ph.D., with assistance from Elizabeth Twombly, M.S., Robert Nickel, M.D., Jantina Clifford, Ph.D., Kimberly Murphy, Robert Hoselton, LaWanda Potter, M.S., Linda Mounts, M.A., & Jane Farrell, M.S. The Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: A Parent-Completed Child-Monitoring System, Third Edition. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

The Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3™) is a proprietary instrument and can be obtained through:

Customer Service
Brookes Publishing Co.
P.O. Box 10624
Baltimore, MD 21285-0624
Telephone: 1-800-638-3775 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-410-337-9580 (international)
Fax: 410-337-8539

http://www.agesandstages.com

General References

Dionne, C., Squires, J., & Leclerc, D. (2004, June). Psychometric properties of a developmental screening test: Using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) in Quebec and the US. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 48(4–5), 408.

Earls, M., & Hay, S. S. (2006). Setting the stage for success: Implementation of developmental and behavioral screening and surveillance in primary care practice—The North Carolina Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) Project. Pediatrics, 118(1), 183–188.

Squires, J., Bricker, D., & Clifford, J. (2010). Developmental screening measures: Stretching the use of the ASQ for other assessment purposes. Infants and Young Children, 23(1), 14–22.

Zubrick, S. R., Taylor, C. L., Rice, M. L., & Slegers, D. (2007). Late language emergence at 24 months: An epidemiological study of prevalence, predictors, and covariates. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 1562–1592.

Protocol ID

200301

Variables
Export Variables
Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
PX200301000000 Protocol 200301 - proprietary. Check DCW for more
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N/A
Speech, Language and Hearing
Measure Name

Early Childhood Speech and Language Assessment

Release Date

October 8, 2010

Definition

This measure is a questionnaire to assess the development of speech and language skills.

Purpose

This measure is used to identify children who have not developed age-appropriate speech and language skills.

Keywords

SLAS, Speech Language Assessment Scale, Early childhood speech and language assessment, Communication, Ages and Stages, ASQ, proprietary, speech and hearing

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
200301 Early Childhood Speech and Language Assessment - Ages and Stages Questionnaire
200302 Early Childhood Speech and Language Assessment - Speech and Language Assessment Scale
Publications

Nguyen, M. V. H., et al. (2024) Subcortical and cerebellar volume differences in bilingual and monolingual children: An ABCD study Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 2024 February; 65. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101334

Rice, M.L. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2016) Language Phenotypes. In V. Jagaroo and S.L. Santangelo (eds.) Neurophenotypes, Innovations in Cognitive Neuroscience. Springer. 2016 January; doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3846-5_12