Help Me Grow Utah - Developmental Screening

Developmental Screening

To complete a screening in Spanish, click here: General Development or Social-Emotional Development

A screening for Autism is also available, talk to a Parent Support Specialist to complete one today! 801-692-5322,

To understand what milestones your children can and should be reaching as they grow.
To be able to better identify your children’s strengths.
To give you ways to talk to your doctor or other professionals about your concerns with your children.
To track your children’s progress over time – a simple way to “journal” their milestone achievement.
To give you new ideas to use in play with your children and make this time more useful in their development.

A tool that has been tested by researchers to ensure that its measuring developmental milestones seen in all children as they grow.
Questionnaires meant to be used by all parents and providers to monitor children as they grow.
A tool to capture patterns of development in children early, helping increase better outcomes for later life, if action is taken.

Help Me Grow Utah uses the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) for general development and social-emotional screening.
It is to be completed by the parent; parents are the experts of their children.

For general development, the questionnaire asks six milestone questions in five developmental areas:

Communication: abilities to communicate by comprehension (what children understand) and expression (what children can say).

Gross Motor: the way children use large muscle groups, like their legs and arms, to move around.

Fine Motor: the way children coordinate the movement of their hands and fingers.

Problem Solving: the way children play with objects to solve problems.

Personal Social: children’s abilities for self-care and interaction with other people.

If there are any concerns on the developmental screening, your Parent Support Specialist may refer you to a local agency for a more in depth developmental assesment.
- For children 0 - 35 months, your local Baby Watch Early Intervention provider can provide an in-home assesment.
- For children 36 months and older, your local school district can provide an assesment.