Instruments at a Glance for Minnesota Clinics and Providers
The use of standardized screening instruments to perform developmental and socialemotional screening in young children is essential for early identification and referral, but
poses challenges in the primary care setting due to limited time during office visits to
screen patients. Parent report screening instruments provide a quick, valid and reliable
and way to screen patients.
The developmental and social-emotional screening instruments listed below are the most
commonly used by health care providers. This list is a subset of all standardized
recommended instruments. For a complete list of developmental screening and socialemotional screening instruments recommended by the Minnesota Interagency
Developmental Screening Task Force, refer to All Instruments at a Glance.
Table 1: Developmental Screening Instruments
ASQ-3
PEDS
Ages and Stages Questionnaires,
3rd Edition
Parents’ Evaluation of
Developmental Status
Type
Parent Report
Parent Report
Age
Birth – 5 ½ years
Birth through 7 years
Para-professional scorer
Para-professional scorer
Staff Time
2-3 minutes
2-5 minutes
Sensitivity
86.1%
75%
Specificity
85.6%
74%
Language
English, Spanish, others
English, Spanish, Vietnamese
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Instrument
Staff Required
Cost
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Table 2: Social-Emotional Screening Instruments
Note: For clinics using the ASQ:SE, transition to the 2nd edition (ASQ:SE-2) is recommended
by July 1, 2017.
ASQ:SE
ASQ: SE-2
PSC
Ages and Stages
Questionnaires: SocialEmotional
Ages and Stages
Questionnaires: SocialEmotional, 2nd Edition
Pediatric Symptom
Checklist
Type
Parent Report
Parent Report
Parent Report
Age
3 months to 5 ½ years
1-72 months
4 to 18 years
Para-professional
scorer
Para-professional
scorer
Para-professional
scorer
Staff Time
1-5 minutes
2-3 minutes
2-12 minutes
Sensitivity
71 – 85%
78 – 84%
88 – 92%
Specificity
90 – 98%
76– 98%
68 – 99%
Language
English, Spanish
English, Spanish
English, Spanish, others
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Publishing for cost
information
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information
Available from
Massachusetts General
Hospital at no cost
Instrument
Staff Required
Cost
Revised 10/2016 www.health.state.mn.us/divs/cfh/topic/devscreening/clinicinfo.cfm
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