## Social-Emotional Screening Toolkit

### Tips & Tools for Early Childhood Programs

#### Learn how to:

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

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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

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#### 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.

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##### 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.

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**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.

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### 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:** ____

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**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.

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### 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.

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### 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.