PEDS is for children from birth up to 8 years of age.

It is important to act fast and get help when it is needed. There are services that help parents learn how to help their children. And there are services to help children overcome or minimize their problems. Waiting keeps parents worried. When children have difficulties, waiting can make things worse. Children and families do better when problems are detected early and treated quickly. So, it is important to have your child's learning and behavior tested each time you see your child's health giver. This is strongly urged by the American Academy of Pediatrics and many other leading organizations.

Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), PEDS: Developmental Milestones (PEDS:DM), PEDS:DM Assessment Level (PEDS:DM-AL) are three highly accurate, validated tools providing developmental screening and behavioral screening plus ongoing surveillance. For children over 18 months and under 5 years of age M-CHAT-R is included in the tests. To know more check About Peds Tools

PEDS Listens to Parents! PEDS is a series of questions written and researched by faculty in the Departments of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt and Penn State Universities. PEDS was developed by working with more than 1000 children and their parents from all around the United States in four separate research studies published in national journals of pediatrics and early childhood education. In the studies, children were given PEDS plus diagnostic tests including IQ, language, emotional and social skills, fine and gross motor skills and so forth. Parents' answers to PEDS questions were then compared to the results of the diagnostic test batteries. PEDS does not identify specific problems such as autism, learning disabilities, speech-language impairments, mental retardation, or cerebral palsy. Only diagnostic testing can do this. Neverthless, PEDS identifies which children probably have such problems. PEDS also tells which children probably do not have problems

The PEDS Online parent portal allows parents to take the PEDS, PEDS:DM, and M-CHAT-R measures self-guided prior to well visits. There are multiple ways to utilize the PEDS Online parent portal; sending parents directly to our site with your parent portal login information, including a link to the PEDS Online parent portal on your website, in-office kiosks/tablets, etc. A brief tutorial video on the parent portal (& other PEDS Online features) is located at: PedsTestOnline Brief Guide

Data is stored on the site under each licensed user's agreement and unique license number. We use this for usage counting, billing, and annual reporting of screens administered and results. PEDS Online is a secure site, utilizing SSL, anonymized data, and following HIPAA guidelines where PHI is concerned. Please contact us for more details on how we protect your data!

We do not share pediatric encounter data with researchers without seeking permission from providers. If granted, we share only anonymized data.

For self-selected parents who come to the site outside of health care encounters, we reserve the right to share data, but again, only anonymized data is shared and researchers must provide appropriate IRB approval. Researchers who want to use the site for prospective data collection only have the right to use their own data, again with IRB approval, but are not allowed to use other site data.

The site offers automated scoring, generates summary reports for parents, referral letters when needed, and ICD-10 and procedure codes to optimize billing. The site is easy to use, eliminates the need for hand-scoring and referral letter writing, and works well with or without electronic records. Each licensee has a unique administration panel that facilitates quality improvement initiatives and research. The test data is exportable and can be added to existing databases.