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Social-Emotional Screening Toolkit

Tips & Tools for Early Childhood Programs

Learn how to:

✓ Screen with ASQ:SE-2
✓ Engage families
✓ Boost child development

The trusted social-emotional ASQ:SE-2 for social-emotional screening of children from 1 month to 6 years. Valid, reliable, and family-friendly, this parent-completed screener helps you pinpoint potential behaviors of concern during a child's critical early years and identify any need for further assessment.

This practical toolkit will help your program get started with social-emotional screening using ASQ:SE-2. Use these handouts, tip sheets, charts, and other resources to effectively implement ASQ:SE-2, involve families in the screening process, and boost a child's social-emotional development between screenings.

CONTENTS
Screening with ASQ:SE-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Engaging Families with ASQ:SE-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Encouraging Social-Emotional Development . . . . . . . 18
All About ASQ:SE-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Screening with ASQ:SE-2

The resources in this section will show you how to use ASQ:SE-2 effectively for social-emotional screening. You’ll also get first-hand tips from early childhood professionals who use ASQ:SE-2 with the families in their programs.

IN THIS SECTION

How ASQ:SE-2 Works

A quick, step-by-step illustrated walkthrough of the ASQ:SE-2 screening process.
Behavioral Areas of ASQ:SE-2 Which social-emotional areas does ASQ:SE-2 screen?
ASQ Calculators Learn about the scoring and age calculators, handy free tools that help ensure accurate, age-appropriate ASQ:SE-2 use.
ASQ:SE-2 Scoring Help Scoring ASQ:SE-2 is a little different from scoring ASQ-3. These guidelines will help you score accurately every time.
Interpreting ASQ:SE-2 Results Tips to review ASQ:SE-2 results, understand what the score indicates, and consider possible next steps.
ASQ:SE-2 Follow-Up When a child scores in the monitoring zone in ASQ:SE-2, which next steps should you take?
Top Tips for ASQ:SE-2 Success Discover real-world tips for ASQ:SE-2 success, straight from users of the screener.

Behavioral Areas of ASQ:SE-2
ASQ:SE-2 items can be categorized in one or more behavioral areas, which serve as a conceptual framework. Understanding these behavioral areas can be helpful to families as you interpret and discuss results with them.

• COMPLIANCE: A child’s ability or willingness to conform to the direction of others and follow rules.
  • Sample item: "Does your child do what you ask him to do?"
• SELF-REGULATION: A child’s ability or willingness to calm or settle down.
  • Sample item: "Does your child sleep at least 8 hours in a 24-hour period?"
• AFFECT: A child’s ability or willingness to demonstrate feelings and empathy for others.
• INTERACTION: A child’s ability or willingness to interact with others by responding to or initiating verbal or nonverbal signals to indicate interests or needs.

Parent Conference Sheet

Date of birth: ____ Date ASQ:SE-2 completed: _____
Parent or caregiver attending: ____
Child's age at screening (months/days): ____
Person conducting conference: ____
ASQ:SE-2 questionnaire administered: ____

CONFERENCE GOALS: The goal of this conference is to share results of ASQ:SE-2 with you and provide an opportunity to discuss your child's social-emotional development.

Sharing Screening Results

It’s important to always share ASQ:SE-2 results—parents will be interested in learning about their child’s social-emotional development. Use these practical tips to prepare carefully for these discussions.

• Be timely. Provide screening follow-up information as quickly as you can.
• Show you value confidentiality. Make sure the setting for your conversation is private.
• Listen to the family. Give parents an opportunity to express their perceptions.
• Highlight the positives. Review the ASQ:SE-2 results, emphasizing the child’s social-emotional strengths.
• Explain the child’s results. Be precise—use language such as we’ll above/cutoff, close to cutoff, and below cutoff.

Encouraging Social-Emotional Development

You can help parents boost their child’s social-emotional development between ASQ:SE-2 screenings! Provide them with fun and age-appropriate activities to help them get started and share helpful online resources.