# Ages & Stages Questionnaires

## Social-Emotional

### SECOND EDITION

**Ages & Stages Questionnaires : Social-Emotional,® Second Edition (ASQ :SE-2)**  
A Parent-Completed Child Monitoring System for Social-Emotional Behaviors  
By Jane Squires, Ph.D., Diane Bricker, Ph.D. & Elizabeth Twombly, M.S.

## ASQ:SE-2 AT A GLANCE

**ASQ:SE-2**  
**Ages & Stages Questionnaires**  
**Social Emotional**

### Screening Information

| Type of screening | Social-emotional screening |
| --- | --- |
| Areas screened | Self-regulation, compliance, social-communication, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, and interaction with people |
| Age range | 1-72 months |
| Number of questionnaires | 9 |
| Age intervals (in months) | 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60 |
| Number of items | About 30 per questionnaire |
| Sample item | Does your child let you know how he is feeling with words or gestures? For example, does he let you know when he is hungry, hurt, or tired? (24-month questionnaire) |
| Reading level of items | 4th to 6th grade |
| Who completes it | Parents (professionals may also if they know the child well) |
| Time to complete | 10-15 minutes |
| Who scores it | Professionals (teachers, child care providers, nurses, home visitors, social workers, early interventionists, clerical staff, pediatricians, and more) |
| Time to score | 2-3 minutes |
| Scores provided | One raw score |
| What the score tells you | The raw score is compared to cutoff points, which show whether the child may need further assessment, should be monitored and rescreened, or is doing well. |
| Photocopiable | Yes |
| Languages | Arabic, English, French, and Spanish |
| Training | Not required but encouraged! Training DVD is available for purchase as well as in-person introductory and train-the-trainer seminars through Brookes On Location. |
| Standardization sample | 16,424 questionnaires for 14,074 children from diverse racial and socio-economic backgrounds |
| Reliability | .89 |
| Validity | .84 |
| Sensitivity | .81 |
| Specificity | .83 |
| Years in development | 21 years |