Commonly Used Parent-Report Developmental Screening Tools

Instrument Ages & Stages Denver Infant Development Parents’ Evaluation of

Questionnaires®,Third Prescreening Inventory (IDI) and the Development Status
Edition (ASQ-3): A Developmental Child Development (PEDS) and PEDS:
Parent-Completed, Questionnaire Review Parent Developmental
Child-Monitoring (PDQ II) Questionnaires (CDR- Milestones (PEDS:DM)
System PQ)
For use with Children from 1-66 Children from Children from birth to Children from birth to
months birth to 6 years 18 months (IDI); and 8 years
children from 18
months to
kindergarten (CDR-PQ)
Questionnaire ASQ-3 includes 21 The PDQ is a The IDI includes about PEDS is a single
items age-specific 105-item 85 developmental questionnaire
questionnaires, which questionnaire milestones divided by containing the same
allow you to regarding a month and across 5 10 open-ended
accurately screen child’s current domains; the CDR-PQ questions for all ages
anytime between 1 level of includes about 100 to elicit and address
and 66 months— development. At items divided by month parents’ concerns.
whether at the AAP each visit the or year and across 5 PEDS:DM provides 6-8
recommended 9-, 18- parent is asked domains; also includes milestones-type items
, and 24- or 30- to answer 7-10 open-ended questions per well visit
month well-child age-appropriate
visits, or whenever questions
the child enters your
program
Single stage Yes. Empirically No. Results of Yes. The results are Yes, when used in
screener? derived cutoff scores the PDQ showing compared to age combination. PEDS
produce results that two or more norms, and classified as alone “provides
clearly suggest delays produce a “typical” for age in all decision-making paths
whether to (a) referral for areas, or as to aid in interpreting
evaluate further, (b) further screening “borderline” or parents’ responses to
closely monitor, with the “delayed” in one or questions.”
and/or (c) share professionally more areas of
information with administered development
parents about a DENVER II.
child’s strengths and
recommend activities
for healthy
development
Developmental Communication, Personal and Social, self-help, gross Expressive language,
areas screened gross motor, fine social, fine motor, fine motor, receptive language,
motor, problem motor, gross language fine motor, gross
solving, and personal- motor, and motor, social-
social, plus self- language emotional, self-help,
regulation, academics in both
compliance, reading and math
language, adaptive (older children)
behaviors, autonomy,
 affect, and
interaction with
people with ASQ:SE
Sample item The parents answers (sample not The parent checks (or The parent circles No,
Yes, Sometimes, or available) doesn’t check)Runs Yes, or A Little and
Not Yet: Does your well, seldom falls (2-0 adds comments: Do
child stack a small years, gross motor you have any
block or toy on top of area) concerns about how
another one? (18- your child talks and
month questionnaire, makes speech
fine motor area) sounds?(expressive
language and
articulation area)
Time to 2-3 minutes to score. 10 and 20 IDI: 5-10 minutes CDR: PEDS: Takes about
complete and Once parents minutes to 10-20 minutes two minutes to
score complete the administer and administer and score
questionnaire (10-15 interpret the if conducted as an
minutes), the test. interview.
professional consults
a scoring grid with DM: 5 minutes to
clearly designated administer, one
results minute to score.
Standardization Standardized in an Drawn from the IDI: Studied in 86 high- PEDS: Standardized
unparalleled national DENVER II, which risk 8-month olds seen on 47,000 families
sample of 15,138 was normed on in a perinatal follow-up from various
children 2036 children in program and compared backgrounds,
Colorado; with the Bayley scales; including levels of
diversified in CDR: Standardized with socioeconomic status,
terms of age, 220 children aged 3-4 language
place of from primarily white, backgrounds, and
residence/ working class families varying ethnicities.
ethnicity/cultural in south St. Paul, MN
background, and DM: Standardized on
maternal more than 1600
education children across the US

Sensitivity 86% DENVER II: 68% IDI: 85% 74%-80%

CDR: 68%
Specificity 85% DENVER II: 88% IDI: 77% 70%-80%
CDR: 88%
th th
Reading Level 4th-6th grade level unknown 7th-8th grade level PEDS: 4 -5 grade
reading level
st nd
DM: 1 -2 grade
reading level
Initial cost One-time investment The Denver II Health Care Starter PEDS:DM plus PEDS:
for each program: No Complete Pack (HC-S) $315.00. Includes the
reordering Package: $160. It $150.00 PEDS:DM starter kit
required!ASQ-3 includes the test Includes 75 IDI, 75 plus 100 PEDS
Starter Kit: $275.00 kit as well as a CDR-PQ, 75 CDC - With Response Forms and
Includes: ASQ-3 Training Manual all necessary manuals the PEDS Brief Guide.
User’s Guide, ASQ-3 and pad of 100 and instructions. The PEDS:DM
 Quick-Start Guide, Test forms. Recording Form (100
and a photocopiable supplied with each
print master set of 21 order) includes the
questionnaires and PEDS
scoring sheets, as Scoring/Interpretation
well as a CD-ROM Form that identifies
with printable PDF when the PEDS:DM is
questionnaires needed.
Reordering No. Yes. Yes. No, all forms are
required? 'scannable' and can
be easily added to
electronic records.
Ongoing costs None. All forms may $40 per pad of $45.00 per pad of 75 PEDS Response Forms
be photocopied or 100. $2.25 per (instructions (pad of 50): $18.00.
reprinted from the use on Denver included).Photocopying
disk by the Online. is not allowed
purchasing Photocopying is
organization for no not allowed.
extra charge
Languages English, Spanish, and English and English, Spanish, and English, Spanish, and
French Spanish Vietnamese Vietnamese
Training DVD training: ASQ-3 Instructions for Instructions are Using PEDS: DM
options Scoring and Referral, scoring and included in the instructional video,
Ages & Stages interpreting the required Child PowerPoint slide
Questionnaires on a PDQ II are Development Review shows, and additional
Home Visit; on site distributed with Manual downloadable
customized seminars the training material
offered through questionnaires; available on web site.
Brookes On Location DENVER II
professional Training DVD or
development videotape
program; annual available for
“train-the-trainer” rental or
workshops available; purchase;
Trainers Toolkit and DENVER II
online training master
options in instructor
development training sessions
held in Denver
Publisher Brookes Publishing Denver Behavior Science PEDSTest.com, LLC
Developmental Systems
Materials
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this chart is accurate, according to the latest information
available from the publishers of each of the tools. Please contact the publishers directly with any questions.

Sources
[1] Child Development Review. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
[2] Denver Developmental Materials, Inc. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
[3] PEDS: Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
[4] “Identifying Infants and Young Children with Developmental Disorders in the Medical Home: An Algorithm for
Developmental Surveillance and Screening.” Retrieved November 26, 2008.
[5] “Selecting Developmental Surveillance and Screening Tools.” Retrieved November 26, 2008.