Ages and Stages

The Ages and Stages Questionnaire is a tool families can use to see how their child is growing and learning.

There are two types of questionnaires:

Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) looks at five areas of development:

• Communication: How a child understands and uses words
• Gross Motor: How a child uses their arms, legs, and other big muscle movements
• Fine Motor: How a child uses their fingers, hands, and other small muscle movements
• Problem-Solving: How a child thinks, learns, and figures things out
• Personal-Social: How a child gets along with others and does things on their own

Ages and Stages Questionnaire: SE (ASQ:SE-2) looks at social, emotional, and behavioral skills:

• How a child gets along with others
• How a child manages their own behavior
• How a child recognizes feelings
• How a child expresses feelings

For more information, visit the Ages and Stages website here.

Families can choose to complete questionnaires in one of three ways:

• Online: Get an email with a link to the ASQ each time a screening is due. Fill out the ASQ online.
• Mail-in: Get paper copies of the ASQ mailed to your address. Fill out the paper copy and mail it back to us using the prepaid envelope included in your packet.
• Sparkler App: Download a free mobile app to access the ASQ, 100+ parenting tips, and 2000+ play-based learning activities

The ASQ-3 is available at 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 42, 48, 54 and 60 months of age

The ASQ:SE-2 is available at 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48 and 60 months of age

• Families can sign up with 211CD to receive the ASQ-3 at any time during the child’s first five years. After signing up, we will send you the ASQ-3 screening at each interval.
• Families can access the ASQ:SE-2 screenings by clicking on the links below. When an ASQ:SE-2 screening is completed, 211CD will contact you with the results, but we do not continue to send screenings at each interval.

ASQ:SE-2 English

ASQ:SE-2 Spanish

• If you are using the Sparkler app, you will receive notifications from the app to complete both the ASQ-3 and the ASQ:SE-2 at the intervals listed above.

After you fill out the questionnaire and send it back to us, a care coordinator will review it. The care coordinator will contact you to share information about your child’s development. They will also share fun learning activities. If there are any concerns, the care coordinator can help connect you to services and support in the community.

Families in Connecticut can sign up with 211 Child Development to get the questionnaires for free!

The ASQ-3 can be mailed or emailed in English or Spanish.

The Sparkler app offers the ASQ-3 and the ASQ:SE-2 in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and French.