All Instruments at a Glance: Developmental & Social-Emotional Screening Instruments for Young Children in Minnesota
Minnesota Interagency Developmental Screening Task Force - www.health.state.mn.us/divs/cfh/topic/devscreening/instrumentsall.cfm
Type of
Instrument
Name of Instrument
Observational
Instrument
Parent
Report
Instrument
Infants
(Under
1 year)
Toddlers
(1 to 3
years)
Preschool
(3 to 5
years)
Developmental
Ages & Stages Questionnaire,
3rd Ed. (ASQ-3)
Battelle Developmental
Inventory, 2nd ed. (BDI-2)
Bayley Scales of Infant and
Toddler Development, 3rd ed.
(Bayley III) Screening Test
Brigance Early Childhood
Screens III (2013 ed.)
Developmental Indicators for
Assessment of Learning, 4th ed.
(DIAL-4)
Early Screening Inventory,
Revised (ESI-R) 2008 Edition
Minneapolis Preschool
Screening Instrument, Revised
(MPSI-R)
Parents’ Evaluation of
Developmental Status (PEDS)
Ages & Stages Questionnaires:
Social Emotional (ASQ:SE or
ASQ:SE-2)
Brief Infant Toddler Social
Emotional Assessment
(BITSEA)
Pediatric Symptom Checklist
(PSC)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Developmental
Developmental
Developmental
Developmental
Developmental
Developmental
Developmental
SocialEmotional
SocialEmotional
SocialEmotional
State
Recommended
for Head Start
Approved for
Follow Along
(See footnote 2)
Recommended
for C&TC
(See footnote 3)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only as parent
report tool
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only as parent
report tool
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
1 - 42
months
2.5 5 years
4 - 18
years
Available
in
multiple
languages
Yes
Approved for
Early Childhood
Screening
(See footnote 1)
The Minnesota Early Childhood Screening program is targeted for ages 3-4 years and is required prior to public school entrance. http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/fam/elsprog/screen/index.htm
The Follow Along Program is a developmental screening program targeted for Minnesota children ages birth to 36 months. www.health.state.mn.us/mnfap
3
Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC) is Minnesota’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Program. www.dhs.state.mn.us/provider/ctc or www.health.state.mn.us/divs/cfh/program/ctc/index.cfm
1
2
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Updated 10/2016