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Anticipatory guidance, specific to the age of the patient, includes information about the benefits of healthy lifestyles and practices that promote injury and disease prevention. Common examples of anticipatory guidance include reminding parents to have their children use bicycle helmets and to use sunscreen.

At selected visits, Bright Futures recommends universal screening for issues such as child development, maternal or adolescent depression, substance use, or oral health.

Bright Futures Toolkit: Links to Commonly Used Screening Instruments and Tools. At selected visits, Bright Futures recommends universal screening for developmental concerns, behavioral/social/emotional concerns, maternal depression, adolescent depression and suicide risk, substance use, or oral health concerns.

Screening and assessment provide valuable information about each child's interests, strengths, and needs. Screening gives a snapshot of whether the child's development is on track. Assessment is an ongoing process that includes observation and provides information about development over time.

General Developmental Screening Tools Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) Battelle Developmental Inventory Screening Tool, 2nd ed (BDI-ST) Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screen (BINS) Brigance Screens-II. Child Development Inventory (CDI) Child Development Review-Parent Questionnaire (CDR-PQ)

The CEBC defines a screening tool as a brief questionnaire or procedure that examines risk factors, mental health/trauma symptoms, or both to determine whether further, more in-depth assessment is needed on a specific area of concern, such as mental health, trauma, or substance use.