About the Author
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® 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.
Jane Farrell, M.S., is a research assistant at the Early
Intervention Program of the Center on Human Development, University
of Oregon, and is coordinating the Ages & Stages Questionnaires
Outreach Project. She is providing national training and technical
assistance for states on systematic implementation of the ASQ
system.
Linda Mounts, M.A., is an infant development specialist and has
worked for many years in clinical and research settings with
infants and toddlers. While at the Center on Human Development,
University of Oregon, she assisted with development and research on
the Ages & Stages Questionnaires. She is employed by the Regional
Center of the East Bay in northern California, evaluating young
children from birth to 3 years of age.
Robert E. Nickel, M.D., directs the Regional Services Center of the
Child Development and Rehabilitation Center (CDRC), which is a
major unit of Oregon Health Sciences University. The CDRC
administers Title V services for children with special health care
needs in Oregon, offers a variety of clinical services, and houses
a research and training institute – the Oregon Institute on
Disability and Development, which is a University Affiliated
Program (UAP). The Eugene office of the CDRC is associated with the
Center on Human Development, the UAP at the University of Oregon.
Dr. Nickel completed fellowship training in developmental
pediatrics at the University of Washington with Drs. Forrest C.
Bennett and Jerry Sells. During this fellowship, he also worked
regularly with Dr. David Shurtleff and the Birth Defects Clinic
staff at Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle. Since
completing his fellowship in 1980, Dr. Nickel has worked as a
developmental pediatrician for the CDRC. In addition, he has
directed the Eugene office since 1990. He represents the CDRC on
the State Interagency Coordinating Council for Early
Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education in Oregon and is a
past chair of the Committee on Children with Disabilities of the
Oregon Pediatric Society. He is a past president and a current
curriculum committee member of the Northwest Society for
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Dr. Nickel has written and
lectured widely on the early identification of children with
disabilities in the primary care office. He collaborated with Diane
Bricker and Jane Squires in the development of Ages & Stages
Questionnaires: A Parent-Completed, Child-Monitoring System (Paul
H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1999) and developed the Infant Motor
Screen. In addition, he has presented numerous workshops on caring
for children with disabilities and chronic conditions in the
primary care office and on improving the collaboration of health
professionals with education staff and other community service
providers.
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
Reviews
The ASQ-3 system is an empirically sound screening and monitoring
system for the early detection of developmental delays in infants
and children.
