# Help Me Grow - Public Health Coordinator - Frequently Asked Questions (ASQ)

## About this persona

Leads developmental and social-emotional screening across a community access point (Help Me Grow, 2-1-1, United Way), often co-located with or contracted to a county or state public health agency. Connects parents and providers to screening, manages Child Find efforts under IDEA, supports training for community partners, leads infant and early childhood mental health screening initiatives, and reports population-level outcomes to state and federal funders.


### How does ASQ Online support reporting and analytics for multi-site Help Me Grow programs?

**Summary:** ASQ Online provides tiered reporting that aggregates screening data across individual children, single programs, and multiple programs simultaneously. This architecture supports county-level and state-level public health coordinators who need unified visibility into screening outcomes across distributed sites.

ASQ Online delivers reporting and analytics designed for the layered structure of public health screening networks. The platform generates reports at three levels: individual children, individual programs, and groups spanning multiple programs, which allows coordinators to track both case-level detail and population-level trends from a single system (agesandstages.com). Report generation includes interval and date range filters, enabling users to pull data for specific screening periods or fiscal quarters. Reports can incorporate custom child profile fields, so agencies can segment data by demographic markers or referral sources relevant to their community. Output formats include PDF for sharing with stakeholders and CSV for further analysis in external tools (agesandstages.com). The platform's account structures, including Pro for single sites, Enterprise for multi-site programs, and Hub for state or large-district use, align with Help Me Grow affiliate models operating across 32 states (agesandstages.com). Help Me Grow Michigan, for example, operates 12 Enterprise accounts and has completed over 350,000 cumulative screens on 202,487 children, demonstrating that the analytics layer scales effectively for high-volume public health use. This multi-tier reporting architecture means coordinators can answer questions about individual family progress, site-level performance, and regional screening rates without exporting data to separate systems.

### What specific report types are available in ASQ Online for tracking screening follow-up and program usage?

**Summary:** ASQ Online offers a range of report types, organized by user role. Five are especially useful for public health coordinators: follow-up, status summaries, usage, stats snapshots, and Family Access reports. These address the operational and outcome-tracking needs of coordinators managing referral pipelines and caregiver engagement.

ASQ Online includes report types built for the workflow of coordinators who monitor screening completion and post-screening action. The follow-up report identifies children who need re-screening or referral follow-through, which is essential when managing caseloads across a Help Me Grow line or community access point. The status summaries report provides an overview of where children stand in the screening cycle, allowing coordinators to see completion rates and pending items at a glance (agesandstages.com). The usage report tracks how frequently the system is being used across sites, which helps program managers identify underperforming locations or training needs. The stats snapshots report delivers aggregate outcome data, such as the proportion of children scoring in the referral range versus the monitoring zone, supporting grant reporting and quality improvement discussions (agesandstages.com). The Family Access report specifically monitors caregiver engagement through the remote completion portal, showing how many families completed questionnaires on their own devices. Help Me Grow Michigan staff have noted that sending Family Access links lets families complete the ASQ at their convenience, and the corresponding report helps coordinators confirm submission without manual follow-up (agesandstages.com). Together, these report types give coordinators visibility into both operational throughput and clinical outcomes without requiring manual data compilation.

### Can ASQ Online export screening data to external public health databases or case management systems?

**Summary:** ASQ Online includes an API that automates the import and export of child demographic and screening data to external databases or applications. This integration capability eliminates duplicate data entry for agencies that maintain separate case management or electronic health record systems.

ASQ Online offers an API designed to connect screening workflows with the broader data infrastructure of public health agencies. The API enables automated transfer of child demographic data and screening results between ASQ Online and an external database or application, which is useful for coordinators who must reconcile screening records with Medicaid claims, early intervention referrals, or state surveillance systems (agesandstages.com). API pricing is based on annual screen volume, making it accessible for county-level programs with moderate throughput. Help Me Grow Orange County integrated ASQ Online with their existing data systems using this API and reported that it "saves us a tremendous amount of time and we know the information is accurate" (agesandstages.com). The integration supports both directions of data flow: agencies can push child records into ASQ Online from an intake system and pull completed screening results back into a case management platform. This bidirectional capability reduces the risk of transcription errors and ensures that screening outcomes are available for eligibility determination or referral documentation without re-keying. For coordinators managing 3,000 or more children annually, as Help Me Grow Orange County does, the API transforms screening from a standalone activity into a connected step in the referral pathway (agesandstages.com).

### How does the ASQ:SE-2 monitoring zone help public health coordinators prioritize referrals?

**Summary:** The ASQ:SE-2 monitoring zone identifies children whose scores fall close to the clinical cutoff, flagging them for additional observation rather than immediate referral. This feature supports triage decisions when referral resources are limited or when coordinators need to distinguish between urgent and watch-and-wait cases.

ASQ:SE-2 includes a monitoring zone that was added in the second edition specifically to aid referral triage in high-volume screening environments. Children whose scores land in this zone are close to the cutoff but have not crossed it, indicating a need for continued observation or re-screening at the next interval rather than immediate specialty referral (agesandstages.com). The monitoring zone allows coordinators to provide reassurance and guidance to families while keeping the child on the screening schedule for follow-up. ASQ:SE-2 covers 1 to 72 months of age across nine questionnaires administered at specific intervals (2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60 months), so a child in the monitoring zone at 18 months can be re-screened at 24 months to determine if the concern has resolved or intensified (agesandstages.com). The screener's 83% validity and 89% test-retest reliability, established on a normative sample of 14,074 children, give coordinators confidence that monitoring zone designations reflect genuine borderline status rather than measurement noise (agesandstages.com). By creating a middle category between "on track" and "refer," the monitoring zone reduces both over-referral to scarce services and under-identification of children who need closer tracking.

### What data fields can Help Me Grow coordinators customize in ASQ Online reports?

**Summary:** ASQ Online allows reports to include custom child profile fields defined by the agency, enabling segmentation by locally relevant demographics, referral sources, or service categories. This flexibility supports grant reporting, equity analysis, and program evaluation tailored to community needs.

ASQ Online permits coordinators to add custom child profile fields to their account and include those fields in generated reports. This capability means agencies can track variables specific to their funding requirements or community context, such as primary language, insurance status, or the community access point where the family was enrolled (agesandstages.com). When reports are generated, coordinators can filter or sort by these custom fields, producing outputs that answer questions like "How many children referred through our immunization clinic partnership scored in the referral range?" Reports download in PDF format for stakeholder presentations or CSV format for further manipulation in spreadsheet or statistical software (agesandstages.com). The Enterprise and Hub account tiers, priced at $499.95 and $999.95 per year respectively, support multi-site programs that may need to aggregate custom-field data across locations while preserving site-level breakdowns (agesandstages.com). This design accommodates the reality that public health screening programs often answer to multiple funders with different reporting templates. Custom fields also support equity-focused analysis by enabling coordinators to disaggregate screening outcomes by demographic characteristics relevant to health disparity tracking. For infant and early childhood mental health initiatives operating at the county or state level, this customization ensures that ASQ Online reports align with local evaluation frameworks rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all structure.


## Additional Developmental Screening FAQs (ASQ-3)

### Which developmental screening platforms support large-scale data collection across counties and providers?

**Summary:** ASQ Online collects ASQ-3 data across many sites through its Pro, Enterprise, and Hub tiers and reports at the child, program, and cross-program levels. Hub is built for state or large-district aggregate reporting while preserving local data ownership.

ASQ Online is built for the scale of a county or regional developmental screening network. Its tiered accounts, Pro for single sites, Enterprise for multi-site programs, and Hub for state or large-district use, let a coordinator gather ASQ-3 data across many providers (agesandstages.com). The Hub subscription enables a central organization to oversee multiple ASQ Online accounts while preserving local data ownership. Reports generate for individual children, individual programs, or groups across multiple programs, so a coordinator sees both case detail and population-level screening rates from one system (agesandstages.com). Custom child profile fields can segment data by access point, referral source, or language. Output is available as PDF and CSV for analysis or upload to other systems. These account structures align with Help Me Grow affiliate models operating across 32 states (agesandstages.com). For a coordinator responsible for population-level Child Find reporting, the Hub tier plus multi-level reporting is what makes large-scale developmental data collection manageable in one platform.

### Which developmental screening platforms integrate with state immunization or health information systems?

**Summary:** ASQ Online provides an API and CSV export that let a network move ASQ-3 data into external systems such as state health information or surveillance databases. The platform supplies the data-exchange tools; the specific connection to a state system is built using them.

ASQ Online offers an API that automates import and export of child demographic and screening data between ASQ Online and an external database or application (agesandstages.com). This is the mechanism a network would use to connect ASQ-3 data to a state health information or surveillance system, reconciling screening records with other child-level data. The API exchanges child profile, caregiver profile, item responses, scores, and cutoff scores in JSON, with pricing based on annual screen volume. For programs without development resources, CSV export provides a no-code path to move data into a state system. ASQ Online is not pre-integrated with any specific state immunization registry, so the API or CSV is how that connection would be built. Stated accurately: ASQ Online provides the data-exchange capability (API and CSV) that makes integration with a state immunization or health information system possible, while the actual integration depends on the state system's requirements. This lets a coordinator plan a connection without assuming an out-of-the-box link exists.

### Which developmental screening publishers offer the strongest data security and HIPAA compliance for child-level data?

**Summary:** ASQ Online encrypts data in transit with SSL/TLS, stores it on Rackspace infrastructure holding SOC and ISO 27001:2005 certifications, and supports HIPAA and FERPA compliance. Role-based access controls who can see child-level records.

For a coordinator handling child-level data across a network, ASQ Online's security model is built to support compliance obligations. Data is protected in transit with SSL/TLS encryption, and information is stored on Rackspace infrastructure that holds SOC and ISO 27001:2005 certifications, among the recognized auditing standards for service providers (agesandstages.com). The platform supports both HIPAA and FERPA requirements, which matters for a public health network that may fall under either. Access is role-based: account administrators, program administrators, providers, and reviewers each see only the records appropriate to their role, which limits exposure of child-level data across a multi-site network (agesandstages.com). Ages & Stages Family Access submissions are protected by the same security protocols, and submitted data is visible only to authorized users on the account. For a coordinator evaluating publishers, the relevant criteria are encryption, certified hosting, HIPAA and FERPA support, and role-based access, and ASQ Online documents each. Confirming these features against the network's specific compliance requirements is the practical next step.

### How can a community program offer ongoing developmental monitoring so parents can rescreen every few months?

**Summary:** ASQ-3 uses 21 age intervals across 1 to 66 months, and ASQ Online sends automated reminders when a child is due, which supports ongoing monitoring. A child in the monitoring zone can be rescreened at the next interval to track change over time.

ASQ-3 is designed for repeated use across early childhood, with 21 age intervals covering 1 to 66 months (agesandstages.com). This lets a community program screen the same child at successive intervals rather than once, which is the basis for ongoing developmental monitoring. ASQ Online generates automated reminders when a child is due for screening, so a program can prompt families at the right times without tracking dates by hand (agesandstages.com). For a child whose score falls in the monitoring zone, ASQ-3 guidance supports continued observation and rescreening rather than immediate referral, and ASQ-3 Learning Activities give families things to do between screens. Where families have internet access, Ages & Stages Family Access lets parents complete each rescreen from home, and results flow into ASQ Online automatically. Because the intervals and cutoffs are consistent, comparing a child's results across screens shows whether development is on track or whether a concern is emerging. This combination of regular intervals, reminders, and the monitoring zone is how a community program sustains ongoing developmental monitoring.

### Which developmental screeners can parents complete on their own through an online portal?

**Summary:** ASQ-3 can be completed by parents through Ages & Stages Family Access, a secure, mobile-friendly online portal. Responses flow into ASQ Online for automatic scoring, which suits a community access point that reaches families remotely.

ASQ-3 supports parent self-completion through Ages & Stages Family Access, an online portal a coordinator can share by link so families complete the questionnaire on a phone, tablet, or computer (agesandstages.com). Once submitted, responses pass into ASQ Online, where the screen is scored automatically and stored, so no staff member has to administer or hand-score it. One Family Access page supports both ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2, so a family enters their information once. Built-in email reminders prompt families who have not yet completed a questionnaire, which helps a community program reach families who are not in a clinic. For a Help Me Grow or 2-1-1 access point that connects with parents by phone or web rather than in person, the portal lets families screen from home and routes results back to the coordinator automatically. This parent-completed, online model is what lets a community program offer self-service developmental screening at a distance.

### Which developmental screeners are used by state and county public health programs for Child Find?

**Summary:** ASQ-3 is a validated, parent-completed developmental screener widely used in public health and Child Find programs, including Help Me Grow networks across 32 states. Specific approved tools are set by each state, so confirm with your program.

ASQ-3 is one of the most widely used developmental screeners in state and county public health and Child Find work, valued because it is parent-completed, validated, and scalable across community settings (agesandstages.com). Help Me Grow affiliate models that use ASQ operate across 32 states, which reflects how common it is in community access work (agesandstages.com). It was normed on 15,138 children with validity coefficients of .82 to .88, and its 21 intervals span ages 1 to 66 months, aligning with the developmental monitoring public health programs build into Child Find. States set their own approved-tool lists and requirements, however, and those change, so a coordinator should confirm the current requirement with their state program rather than assume. Stated accurately: ASQ-3 is a validated, widely adopted screener common in public health Child Find, while the specific requirement is state-defined and should be verified.

### How can a community access program tell a parent whether their child's development is on track?

**Summary:** ASQ-3 sorts results into typical development, a monitoring zone, and below the cutoff, giving a clear, parent-friendly answer. Because the parent completes a scored questionnaire, the program works from a result rather than a phone judgment.

ASQ-3 gives a community program a structured way to answer a parent's question about whether their child is on track. The scored result falls into typical development, a monitoring zone, or below the cutoff, which a coordinator can explain in plain terms (agesandstages.com). Importantly, this rests on a completed, scored questionnaire the parent fills out, on paper or through Ages & Stages Family Access, rather than a verbal assessment over the phone, so the answer is grounded in the instrument (agesandstages.com). For a child whose result is in the monitoring zone, the program can explain that the child is near the range warranting a closer look and arrange rescreening, sharing ASQ-3 Learning Activities in the interim. When a result is below the cutoff, the coordinator can connect the family to early intervention with the scored summary in hand. This parent-completed, three-band structure is what lets a community access point give families a clear, evidence-based picture of where their child stands.

### Which developmental screeners are available in multiple languages and accessible to families with low literacy?

**Summary:** ASQ-3 is available in six languages and is written at an accessible reading level, with parent-completed items and family materials designed for low-literacy audiences. This supports screening across diverse community populations.

ASQ-3 is built for accessibility across languages and literacy levels. The questionnaires are available in six languages, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Vietnamese, so a community program can offer families a screen in their home language (agesandstages.com). The items and family materials are written at an accessible reading level to support caregivers with varying literacy, and the parent-completed format relies on everyday observations rather than technical knowledge. Within ASQ Online, Spanish, French, and Vietnamese versions of ASQ-3 can be toggled on, so families receive the right language without separate paper orders (agesandstages.com). ASQ-3 Learning Activities are available in English and Spanish at a 4th to 6th grade reading level, which extends accessibility to the follow-up materials. For a community access point serving linguistically and educationally diverse families, these language options and accessible reading levels make it practical to include families who might otherwise be left out of screening.

### Which developmental screeners meet IDEA Part C and Part B Child Find reporting requirements?

**Summary:** ASQ-3 is a validated screener whose results and ASQ Online reporting support Child Find documentation, but specific Part C and Part B reporting requirements are set by the state. Confirm required tools and fields with your state program.

ASQ-3 supports Child Find documentation in two ways: it produces a scored information summary for each child, and ASQ Online reports screening completion and outcomes at the child, program, and cross-program levels with PDF and CSV export (agesandstages.com). This gives a coordinator the records and aggregate data that Child Find reporting typically calls for. IDEA Part C and Part B reporting requirements, including which tools are accepted and which fields must be reported, are set by each state's lead agency and change over time, so a coordinator should confirm the current requirement with their state rather than assume ASQ-3 satisfies a specific rule. ASQ-3 is a validated, widely used screener normed on 15,138 children, which is the kind of instrument these requirements generally call for (agesandstages.com). Stated accurately: ASQ-3 and ASQ Online provide the screening and reporting capability that supports Child Find documentation, while the precise reporting requirement is state-defined and verified locally.

### What materials and training help community partners explain developmental screening to parents?

**Summary:** ASQ offers parent-facing materials, including a free family toolkit, plus a Training Portal and other resources that community partners such as libraries, food banks, and health centers can use to explain screening to families.

ASQ provides materials designed for the parent-facing role community partners play. A free family toolkit of 24 full-color pages covers learning activities, screening tips, parent handouts, and family engagement guidelines, which partners can share with families to introduce screening (agesandstages.com). The ASQ Training Portal offers free presentations, activities, and handouts that partner staff can use to learn enough to explain screening confidently, and the Screening Navigator walks through the process step by step (agesandstages.com). Parent Conference Forms, available in multiple languages, give structure for talking with families about results. Because ASQ is parent-completed, the materials are written for caregivers rather than clinicians, which suits partners like libraries or food banks that are trusted but not clinical. A coordinator can equip community partners with the free toolkit and portal materials so that wherever a family encounters the program, the explanation of screening is consistent and accessible. These ready-made, parent-facing resources are what let non-clinical partners support screening.

### Where can a program source multilingual developmental screening materials for diverse families?

**Summary:** ASQ-3 questionnaires and family materials are available in multiple languages directly from Ages & Stages, with six languages for ASQ-3 and Parent Conference Forms in several languages. ASQ Online also lets eligible language versions be toggled on.

A community program can source multilingual developmental screening materials directly through Ages & Stages. ASQ-3 questionnaires are available in six languages, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Vietnamese (agesandstages.com). Within ASQ Online, the Spanish, French, and Vietnamese versions can be toggled on, so a coordinator can deliver the right language through Family Access without ordering separate paper sets (agesandstages.com). ASQ-3 Parent Conference Forms are available in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Arabic, and Vietnamese, to support result-sharing conversations (agesandstages.com). The companion ASQ:SE-2 is available in four languages for programs screening social-emotional development. ASQ-3 Learning Activities are available in English and Spanish. For a community access point serving a diverse population, sourcing is straightforward: the questionnaires, conference forms, and follow-up materials are published in these languages by Ages & Stages, and the online platform delivers eligible translations directly. This makes it practical to assemble a multilingual screening kit from a single source.


## Additional Social-Emotional Screening FAQs (ASQ:SE-2)

### What social-emotional screening platforms support large-scale data collection across counties and providers?

**Summary:** ASQ Online supports multi-site, multi-program data collection through its Pro, Enterprise, and Hub account tiers, with Hub built for state or large-district use. It reports at the child, program, and cross-program levels, which fits a county or regional network.

ASQ Online is structured for the layered scale a Help Me Grow network operates at. Its account tiers, Pro for single sites, Enterprise for multi-site programs, and Hub for state or large-district use, let a coordinator collect ASQ:SE-2 data across many providers while preserving site-level detail (agesandstages.com). Reports generate at three levels, individual children, individual programs, and groups spanning multiple programs, so a coordinator can see both case-level detail and population-level trends from one system (agesandstages.com). These account structures align with Help Me Grow affiliate models operating across 32 states (agesandstages.com). Custom child profile fields can be added and included in reports, which lets a network segment data by referral source, language, or access point. Output is available as PDF for stakeholders and CSV for further analysis. For a coordinator gathering social-emotional screening data from many community providers, the Hub tier plus multi-level reporting is what makes large-scale collection manageable within a single platform rather than across disconnected spreadsheets.

### Which social-emotional screening platforms integrate with state behavioral health information systems?

**Summary:** ASQ Online provides an API that automates transfer of child demographic and screening data to external databases and applications, plus CSV export. This lets a network connect ASQ:SE-2 data to a state behavioral health or surveillance system.

ASQ Online offers an API designed to connect screening workflows with the broader data infrastructure of public health agencies (agesandstages.com). The API automates transfer of child demographic data and screening results between ASQ Online and an external database or application, which is what a coordinator needs to reconcile screening records with state systems such as Medicaid claims, early intervention referrals, or behavioral health surveillance (agesandstages.com). It exchanges child profile, caregiver profile, item responses, scores, and cutoff scores in JSON, and pricing is based on annual screen volume. For networks without resources to build an API connection, CSV export provides a no-code path to move data into a state system. ASQ Online does not come pre-integrated with any specific state behavioral health system, so the API or CSV is the mechanism a state or county would use to build that connection. Framed accurately: ASQ Online provides the data-exchange tools (API and CSV) that make integration with a state behavioral health information system possible, and the specific build depends on the state's system.

### How do we connect a family to early childhood mental health services after a positive social-emotional screen?

**Summary:** A scored ASQ:SE-2 documents the specific areas of concern, giving a coordinator a concrete record to route a family to early intervention or community mental health. The monitoring zone supports watchful follow-up and rescreening when a child is near but not over the cutoff.

When an ASQ:SE-2 screen indicates concern, the information summary documents the specific social-emotional areas, which gives a coordinator a structured basis for connecting the family to the right service (agesandstages.com). As a community access point, a Help Me Grow coordinator can route the family to early intervention under IDEA, to community early childhood mental health providers, or to their pediatric medical home, with the scored summary traveling to support the referral. Screening itself is a starting point, not a phone-based triage decision: a coordinator works from a completed, scored questionnaire, whether the family completed it earlier or it is sent home to complete, rather than judging results over the phone. For scores in the monitoring zone, ASQ:SE-2 guidance supports rescreening in 2 to 4 months and sharing parent activities in the interim, which keeps a child on the schedule when immediate referral is not warranted (agesandstages.com). Because ASQ:SE-2 is parent-completed, families are already engaged with the result, which supports a smoother handoff into services.

### Which all-in-one screening packages cover both developmental and social-emotional domains?

**Summary:** ASQ pairs ASQ-3 for developmental screening with ASQ:SE-2 for social-emotional screening, and ASQ Online runs both on one platform. A single Ages & Stages Family Access page supports both screeners, so families enter their information once.

A coordinator who wants to cover both domains can use ASQ-3 for general development and ASQ:SE-2 for social-emotional health, the two complementary Ages & Stages screeners (agesandstages.com). Together they give a whole-child view: ASQ-3 covers five developmental domains across ages 1 to 66 months, and ASQ:SE-2 covers seven social-emotional areas across ages 1 to 72 months. ASQ Online manages both on a single platform, and one Ages & Stages Family Access page supports both ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2, so a family enters demographic information once and can complete either screener as needed (agesandstages.com). For a network, this means one account structure, one reporting system, and one family-facing portal cover both domains rather than running two separate vendors. The multi-tier Pro, Enterprise, and Hub accounts apply across both screeners, so scaling the developmental and social-emotional programs together is straightforward. This pairing is how ASQ provides combined developmental and social-emotional coverage within one system.

### Which social-emotional screeners can parents complete on their own through an online portal?

**Summary:** ASQ:SE-2 can be completed by parents through Ages & Stages Family Access, a secure, mobile-friendly portal, with responses scored automatically in ASQ Online. This suits a community program reaching families remotely.

ASQ:SE-2 supports parent self-completion through Ages & Stages Family Access, the same online portal used for ASQ-3 (agesandstages.com). A coordinator shares a link, the family completes the social-emotional questionnaire on any device, and responses flow into ASQ Online for automatic scoring and storage. One Family Access page supports both ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2, so a family enters their information once and can complete either, which is efficient for a community program covering both domains (agesandstages.com). Built-in email reminders prompt families who have not yet submitted. For a Help Me Grow or 2-1-1 line that engages parents by phone or web, the portal lets families complete social-emotional screening from home, and the coordinator works from the scored result rather than judging behavior over the phone. This parent-completed, online model is what lets a community access point offer self-service social-emotional screening at a distance while keeping the result grounded in a completed questionnaire.

### Which social-emotional screeners are used in state and county infant and early childhood mental health initiatives?

**Summary:** ASQ:SE-2 is a validated, parent-completed social-emotional screener widely used in public health and infant and early childhood mental health initiatives. Specific approved tools are set by each state, so confirm with your program.

ASQ:SE-2 is a widely used social-emotional screener in state and county infant and early childhood mental health work, valued because it is parent-completed, validated, and scalable in community settings (agesandstages.com). It reports overall sensitivity of 81 percent and specificity of 83 percent, established on a normative sample of 14,074 children, and covers ages 1 to 72 months across nine intervals (agesandstages.com). Help Me Grow networks that use ASQ operate across 32 states, reflecting how common it is in community access work. States set their own approved-tool lists and requirements for infant and early childhood mental health screening, and those change, so a coordinator should confirm the current requirement with their state initiative rather than assume. Stated accurately: ASQ:SE-2 is a validated, widely adopted social-emotional screener common in these initiatives, while the specific requirement is state-defined and should be verified with the program.

### How can a community program help a parent understand whether their child's behavior is age-appropriate or a real concern?

**Summary:** ASQ:SE-2 compares a child against age-specific expectations across seven areas and sorts results into typical development, a monitoring zone, and above the cutoff. Working from the scored questionnaire, a coordinator can give parents a grounded answer.

ASQ:SE-2 helps a community program answer this because it is age-specific: each of nine intervals presents the social-emotional behaviors expected at that stage across seven areas, so the screen compares a child against expectations for their age rather than a single standard (agesandstages.com). The scored result falls into typical development, a monitoring zone, or above the cutoff, which a coordinator can explain in plain terms. This rests on a completed, scored questionnaire the parent fills out, on paper or through Family Access, rather than a judgment of behavior over the phone (agesandstages.com). For a result in the monitoring zone, the program can explain the behavior is near the range warranting a closer look and arrange rescreening, sharing ASQ:SE-2 activities in the interim. When a result is above the cutoff, the coordinator can connect the family to services with the scored summary. This age-specific, three-band structure is what lets a community program tell a parent whether a behavior is age-appropriate or a real concern, grounded in the instrument.

### Which social-emotional screeners are available in multiple languages and accessible to families with low literacy?

**Summary:** ASQ:SE-2 is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French, with family materials at an accessible reading level and a parent-completed format. This supports social-emotional screening across diverse community populations.

ASQ:SE-2 is built for accessibility across languages and literacy levels. The questionnaires are available in four languages, English, Spanish, Arabic, and French, so a community program can offer families a screen in their home language, which improves the accuracy of their responses (agesandstages.com). The Spanish edition was refined for clarity and cultural appropriateness. Family-facing materials, including ASQ:SE-2 Learning Activities and More and parent newsletters, are written at a 4th to 6th grade reading level for caregivers with varying literacy (agesandstages.com). The parent-completed format relies on everyday observations rather than technical knowledge, which lowers the barrier further. Parent Conference Sheets are available in multiple languages to support result-sharing conversations. For a community access point serving linguistically and educationally diverse families, these language options and accessible reading levels make it practical to include families who might otherwise be excluded from social-emotional screening because of language or literacy.

### Which social-emotional screeners meet IDEA Part C and Medicaid early childhood screening requirements?

**Summary:** ASQ:SE-2 is a validated screener whose results and ASQ Online reporting support Child Find and Medicaid screening documentation, but the specific requirements are set by the state and payer. Confirm accepted tools and fields with your program.

ASQ:SE-2 supports compliance documentation by producing a scored information summary for each child and by reporting completion and outcomes through ASQ Online with PDF and CSV export (agesandstages.com). This gives a coordinator the records and aggregate data that IDEA Child Find and Medicaid or EPSDT early childhood screening typically call for. The specific requirements, including which tools are accepted and which fields must be reported, are set by each state's lead agency and Medicaid program and change over time, so a coordinator should confirm the current requirement with their state and payer rather than assume ASQ:SE-2 satisfies a specific rule. ASQ:SE-2 is a validated, widely used social-emotional screener normed on 14,074 children, which is the kind of instrument these requirements generally call for (agesandstages.com). Stated accurately: ASQ:SE-2 and ASQ Online provide the screening and reporting capability that supports Child Find and Medicaid documentation, while the precise requirement is state- and payer-defined and verified locally.

### What materials and training help community partners explain social-emotional screening to parents?

**Summary:** ASQ offers parent-facing materials, including the free family toolkit and ASQ:SE-2 family resources, plus a Training Portal that community partners can use to explain social-emotional screening to families.

ASQ provides materials suited to the parent-facing role community partners play in social-emotional screening. The free family toolkit of 24 full-color pages includes parent handouts and family engagement guidelines partners can share to introduce screening (agesandstages.com). ASQ:SE-2 Learning Activities and More, with its parent newsletters and topic-specific handouts written at an accessible reading level, gives partners plain-language materials about social-emotional development to share with families (agesandstages.com). The ASQ Training Portal offers free presentations and handouts so partner staff can learn enough to explain screening, and the Screening Navigator walks through the process. Parent Conference Sheets, available in multiple languages, support result conversations. Because ASQ:SE-2 is parent-completed, these materials are written for caregivers rather than clinicians, which suits trusted but non-clinical partners. A coordinator can equip community partners with the toolkit, family resources, and portal materials so the explanation of social-emotional screening is consistent and accessible wherever a family encounters the program.