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Check and Connect

In Middlesex County, Check & Connect is an early developmental screening program that uses the Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ®). The program is available at EarlyON Child and Family Centres and in some licensed childcare settings in Middlesex County. 

Find out more on this page about: 
  • EarlyON Check & Connect Drop in Clinics 
  • About Early Developmental Screening 
  • Resources to Support your Child's Development across the five key areas of development
For more information on the licensed child care project, email Nadine Devin, Middlesex Children's Services Network co-chair, ndevin@middlesex.ca. 

 

EarlyON Check & Connect Drop-in Clinics

Middlesex EarlyON offers quarterly Check & Connect drop-in clinics during regularly scheduled Play & Learn programs (children 0-6 years and caregivers) and Baby Time programs (children 0-12 months and caregivers).  These clinics provide a supportive space where you can work with an EarlyON Facilitator (Early Childhood Educator) to check in on your child’s development in key areas such as communication, social skills, motor skills, and problem-solving. Uncover new milestones to celebrate and reveal any areas where your child may need support.  Free and open to all families.   

September EarlyON Check & Connect Drop-in Clinics 

Unable to attend a clinic? Connect with one of our EarlyON Facilitators who can support you virtually. Email earlyon@middlesex.ca or call 519-666-3227.

For more information on EarlyON Check & Connect Drop-in Clinics, email earlyon@middlesex.ca or call 519-666-3227. For more information on EarlyON, visit the Middlesex EarlyON Child & Family Centre page. 


 

About Early Developmental Screening

This section is adapted from Brookes Publishing Co.              
                                                                                                
What is Early Developmental Screening?
Early Developmental Screening is a simple and positive way to check in on your child’s development in important areas like communication, social skills, motor skills, and problem-solving skills.   

How can screening help me better understand and support my child’s development?
Screening can help uncover new milestones to celebrate and reveal any areas where your child may need support. Feedback from these tools can help you work with doctors and early childhood educators to plan next steps to support your child’s development during their critical first years of life.

What is ASQ®?
The ASQ® are sets of valid, reliable, and age-appropriate questionnaires. There are two screeners in the ASQ® family: ASQ®-3, which looks at key areas of early development, and ASQ®:SE-2, which focuses on social-emotional development.

ASQ-3® is a set of simple questionnaires that have been trusted for more than 20 years. There are 21 questionnaires for use with children from 1 month to 5½ years old (one questionnaire for each age range). Here are the five important areas of development that each questionnaire looks at:
  1. Communication: Your child’s language skills, both what your child understands and what they can say.
  2. Gross Motor: How your child uses their arms and legs and other large muscles for sitting, crawling, walking, running, and other activities.
  3. Fine Motor: Your child’s hand and finger movement and coordination.
  4. Problem Solving: How your child plays with toys and solves problems.
  5. Personal-Social: Your child’s self-help skills and interactions with others.

ASQ®:SE-2 is a set of questionnaires with an exclusive focus on social-emotional development. There are 9 questionnaires for use with children from 1 month to 6 years old (one questionnaire for each age range). Here are the seven important areas of development that each questionnaire looks at:
  1. Autonomy: Your child’s ability or willingness to self-initiate or respond without guidance (moving to independence).
  2. Compliance: Your child’s ability or willingness to conform to the direction of others and follow rules.
  3. Adaptive functioning: Your child’s success or ability to cope with bodily needs (sleeping, eating, toileting, safety).
  4. Self-regulation: Your child’s ability or willingness to calm or settle down or adjust to physiological or environmental conditions or stimulation.
  5. Affect: Your child’s ability or willingness to demonstrate their own feelings and empathy for others.
  6. Interaction: Your child’s ability or willingness to respond to or initiate social responses with parents, other adults, and peers.
  7. Social-communication: Your child’s ability or willingness to interact with others by responding to or initiating verbal or nonverbal signals to indicate interests, needs, or feelings.

How long does an ASQ® questionnaire take?
You’ll only need 10–15 minutes to fill out an ASQ®-3 or ASQ®:SE-2 questionnaire. It’s that quick and easy! After you complete the ASQ® questionnaire, it can be returned back to the early childhood educator who provided  you with the questionnaire. They’ll score the questionnaire, share the results with you, and discuss any follow-up steps.  


What happens after I get my child’s ASQ® results?
If your child needs a little extra time or support with certain skills, your early childhood educator will help you with next steps, including a possible referral for more assessment.

Your educator might also give you some fun and easy ASQ® learning activities to try with your child before the next screening. These are fun, age-appropriate activities and games you can try with your child to support their development between screenings (and enjoy some quality time together)!

Your early childhood educator might also suggest other resources for you. These are included in the Resource Section.  


Will my child be labeled as a result of an ASQ screening?
One of the great things about ASQ is that it helps highlight your child’s strengths and identify any areas where a little extra support could be helpful—early on, when support can make the biggest impact. Each ASQ questionnaire you complete helps get your child off to the best possible start in life.  


 

Explore Resources to Support your Child's Development

We've gathered a collection of helpful tools to support your child’s growth across the five key areas of development: communication, physical, social-emotional, problem-solving, and self-help skills. In this section, you’ll find links to handouts, videos, e-learning courses, and factsheets from trusted websites—all designed to help you support your child’s unique developmental journey.
 

COMMUNICATION

Communication Milestones  E-Learning Courses, Videos and Learning Modules First Words Preschool Speech & Language Program Factsheets
Local Agencies
Trusted Websites  

GROSS MOTOR

E-Learning Courses, Videos and Learning Modules  Factsheets
Local Agencies
Trusted Websites  

FINE MOTOR

E-Learning Courses, Videos and Learning Modules
This section is under development.  

Factsheets
This section is under development.  

Local Agencies  

PROBLEM SOLVING

E-Learning Courses, Videos and Learning Modules
This section is under development.  

Factsheets
Local Agencies  

PERSONAL-SOCIAL

E-Learning Courses, Videos and Learning Modules  Social-Emotional Learning Video Series, School Mental Health Ontario Read Aloud Books
Factsheets

Social-Emotional Learning Resource Series, School Mental Health Ontario All Kids Belong  Local Agencies
EarlyON Programs

S.E.L.F. Family Lending Kit.  This lending kit will provide you and your child with a learning experience that will support a successful school transition, with a focus on:
  • Understanding and Managing Emotions
  • Understanding Anxiety & Separation Anxiety
  • Developing Emotional Self-Regulation
  • Making Good Choices & Understanding Responsibility
  • Developing Confidence and Self-Esteem
  • Developing Healthy Relationships
Intended for children entering into Kindergarten.  Families can borrow for 7-days to explore together at home. Email earlyon@middlesex.ca or call 519-666-3227 for more information.  

M.I.friends. This program supports families who have a child struggling with big feelings and worries and who could use some additional support.  This is a self-directed program that can be done at home and at your own pace. If you are interested in signing up for M.I.friends or for more information, please contact Ki Hulley, EarlyON Facilitator at khulley@middlesex.ca.

Bounce Back and Thrive!ᴼᴹ (BBT) Bounce Back & Thrive is a resiliency skills training program designed to meet the needs of parents (and those in a parenting role) of children under the age of 8. This is a 10-week program that is offered virtually. For upcoming dates or for more information, please contact Allison Beauchamp, Senior EarlyON Facilitator at abeauchamp@middlesex.ca or 519-666-3227.