| | Ages & Stages Questionnaire – 3rd Edition[2,3] | Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Infant Toddler Checklist[4,5] | Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status[6] | Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status – Developmental Milestones[6] | Survey of Well-Being of Young Children[7,8] |
| Considerations related to patient population |
| Ages | | | - Birth to 7 years, 11 months
| - Birth to 7 years, 11 months
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| Domain(s) | - Communication
- Gross motor
- Fine motor
- Problem-solving
- Personal-social
| - Language:
- Emotion and use of eye gaze
- Use of communication
- Use of gestures
- Use of sounds
- Use of words
- Understanding of words
- Use of objects
| - Language
- Motor
- Self-help
- Early academic skills
- Behavior
- Social-emotional/mental health
| - Fine motor
- Gross motor
- Expressive language
- Receptive language
- Self-help
- Social-emotional
- For older children: Reading and math
| - Developmental domain
- Emotional/behavioral domain
- Family context domain
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| Time to complete | | - 5 to 10 minutes for infant-toddler checklist
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| Reading level | - Fourth to sixth grade level
- Some items illustrated
| | - Fourth to fifth grade level
| - Second to fourth grade level
| - Sixth grade
- Can be read to caregivers with low literacy level
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| Available languages | - English
- Spanish
- French
- Arabic
- Chinese
- Vietnamese
- Other languages available from other publishers
| | - English
- Spanish
- Available for licensing in many other languages
| - English
- Spanish
- Also can license versions in many other languages
| - English
- Spanish
- Khmer
- Burmese
- Nepali
- Portuguese
- Haitian-Creole
- Arabic
- Somali
- Vietnamese
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| Additional information | - Materials kit available to encourage child participation and support accurate administration
- Used in over 20 low- and middle-income countries and translated into 16 or more languages[3]
- Can be completed at home, in a waiting room, or as part of in-person or telephone interview
| - For caregivers unable to read or write, questions may be presented by a provider in an interview format
- Four-page follow-up caregiver questionnaire also available
- Behavioral sample for child interaction with their caregiver also available
| - Effective regardless of parents' level of education, income, race, marital status, or child's age or birth order
| - Includes an assessment level version for use in neonatal intensive care unit and early childhood intervention programs where more detailed test results and follow-along measurements are needed (offers age-equivalent and percentage of delay scores)
| - Includes 4 components that assess developmental milestones, behavioral and emotional symptoms, risk for autism spectrum disorder, and family stress
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| Considerations related to practice characteristics |
| Description | - 30 questions or activities – 6 in each of the 5 domains
| | | - 6 to 8 questions per encounter
| - Approximately 40 items (varies with age)
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| Determination of positive/negative result | - "Cutoff" score – If below the cutoff level, referral recommended
- Above cutoff is "monitoring" zone
- Above monitoring zone indicates development appears appropriate
| - Cutoff scores available by age – Concern versus no concern
| - 5 pathways based on predictive versus nonpredictive concerns and parents' ability to communicate
| - 5 pathways based on predictive versus nonpredictive concerns and parents' ability to communicate
| - Each component is scored and considered separately
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| Validity and test performance | - Concurrent validity – 86%
- Sensitivity – 86% overall
- Specificity – 85% overall
| - Sensitivity – 87.4% for language delays
- Specificity – 75.2% for language delays
| - Sensitivity overall – 86%
- Specificity overall – 74%
| - Sensitivity for each domain and age-level averaged – 83%
- Specificity for each domain and age-level averaged – 84%
| - Properties vary for each component
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| Who can deliver | - Early education centers and preschools
- Early intervention programs
- Office staff
| - Health care provider
- Child care service provider
| - Professionals and paraprofessionals (brief training needed)
| - Professionals and paraprofessionals (brief training needed)
| - Health care providers
- Preschool teachers
- Nurses
- Child care providers
- Parents
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| Time to score and interpret | | | | | - Total estimated time for parent completion and office scoring – 15 minutes
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| Cost to purchase* | - Starter kit in one language – $295.00 (no additional fees as screeners can be photocopied)
- Materials kit – $295.00
| - Checklist is free at: www.brookespublishing.com
- Complete kit available for $399.00
| - PEDS Complete Set for First Timers – $42.00 (50 screens)
- PEDS response forms (pad of 50) – $19.50
| - PEDS DM plus PEDS: The Best Approach for Pediatric and Public Health Encounters (pad of 100 response forms and score and interpretation forms) – $299.00
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| Ease of integration into EMR | - Online data management and questionnaire completion system available for purchase
| - Online scoring software available
| - PEDS online: Automated scoring for purchase
- EMR integration available
| - PEDS online: Automated scoring for purchase
- EMR integration available
| - Electronic version may integrate into medical record
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