Asq-3(tm) User's Guide

Dr. Bricker is the former director of the Early Intervention Program at the University of Oregon and a key developer of the ASQ and AEPS(R) systems. She has focused her professional career on the development and study of assessment systems and intervention approaches for young children with disabilities and those at risk for developing disabilities. Dr. Bricker has been instrumental in the development of graduate-level personnel preparation programs that have produced professionals who are delivering quality services to thousands of young children and their families. She has published extensively in the field of early intervention. LaWanda Potter, M.S., is a research assistant at the Center on Human Development, Early Intervention Program, University of Oregon. She has been involved with several research studies on the Ages & Stages Questionnaires, including questionnaire revisions, data analysis, and documentation. She has also provided outreach training on the Ages & Stages Questionnaires system across the United States. Dr. Squires has served as principal investigator on research studies at the University of Oregon on the ASQ system. She is a professor in special education, focusing on early intervention and early childhood special education. She directs the Early Intervention Program and is associate director of the University of Oregon Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Squires has directed national outreach training activities related to developmental screening and the involvement of parents in the assessment and monitoring of their child's development. She currently directs research grants related to early childhood mental health and systems change related to early identification and treatment of newborn infants exposed prenatally to drugs and alcohol. In addition to her interests in screening and early identification, Dr. Squires directs the doctoral and master's level early intervention/special education personnel preparation programs and teachers courses in early intervention/special education at the University of Oregon. Ms. Twombly has been involved in research, outreach, and training projects related to ASQ for 14 years. Most recently she has worked as a Senior Research Assistant in the development of ASQ: SE and as a co-author on the Ages & Stages Learning Activities. Ms. Twombly trains early childhood professionals nationwide from fields such as early intervention, child care, and public health on the development of screening systems in home-visiting, center-based and medical settings. Ms. Twombly trains on the use of ASQ-3(TM) and ASQ: SE as tools to screen and monitor general development and social-emotional development in children from the ages of birth to 6 years. She has a master's degree in early intervention from the University of Oregon.