1. ASQ : SE 2 Webinar

2. Important Information
The NEW ASQ: SE – 2 will be distributed by the University of Delaware to all Delaware Stars Programs using the ASQ Screening.
All Delaware Stars programs must transition to the ASQ:SE:2 immediately. The ASQ:SE is no longer available online.

3. What is the ASQ : SE - 2 This screening is:
A parent-completed questionnaire that accurately identifies young children at risk for social or emotional difficulties
A tool that asks questions about 7 key behavioral areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social- communication, and interaction with people

4. What’s New with ASQ:SE-2?
Updated questionnaire design
Consistent with ASQ-3
Expanded age range: 1–72 months
New 2 month Questionnaire
Screen through Kindergarten
New data and cutoffs from larger normative sample – sample size included 14,000 diverse children

5. What’s New With the ASQ : SE-2?
Monitoring zone:
Clearly identifies children who are close to the cutoff and should be monitored and re- screened.
New behavior and communication items were designed to elicit parent concerns that may point to autism and early communication issues.

6. Review Slide and State:
Each ASQ:SE-2 interval has unique summary sheets; the summary sheet, along with the optional “Item response sheet” provides a summary of the entire ASQ:SE-2, as well as follow-up actions that are needed.
Each Summary sheet has 6 sections:
Child/family information
Score total
Bar graph with cutoffs
Overall section
Follow-up considerations
Follow-up action taken
ASQ-3™ and ASQ:SE-2™ Training Materials by J Squires, J Farrell, J Clifford, S Yockelson, E Twombly, and L Potter
Copyright © 2015 Brookes Publishing Co. All rights reserved.

7. What is New With the ASQ :SE-2
Family Engagement materials to support your work with parents, including the “What is the ASQ:SE-2” parent handout, Parent Conference sheet and updated social- emotional development handouts and activities.
Learning Activities book in Winter 2016
Item and response refinements
Revised Spanish translation

8. Infant Mental Health Intervention Resources Include
Assess ing basic needs and providing support (i.e., accessing food, housing)
Emotional support
Developmental guidance
Parent/Child relationship support
Advocacy
Parenting Strategies
Positive Behavior Supports
Parent Child Interactional Therapy
(Requires a trained mental health professional)

9. Evidence Based Parenting Classes
Parent training remains the single most effective strategy for preventing behavior problems and promoting social and emotional competence

10. Social-Emotional Resources
National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
Many free resources for providers and parents
Check out “Behavior and Development” section
Podcasts; tip sheets; articles
Excellent journal with social- emotional emphasis
Social-Emotional Resources
ASQ-3™ and ASQ:SE-2™ Training Materials by J Squires, J Farrell, J Clifford, S Yockelson, E Twombly, and L Potter
Copyright © 2015 Brookes Publishing Co. All rights reserved.

11. Recommendations for Practitioners
Develop cultural awareness
Consider families’ pre- and post-immigration experiences
Use cultural brokers and/or interpreters
Ask families their expectations of early development
Clarify language and reframe questions
Adapted from Cross-Cultural Lessons: Early Childhood Developmental Screening and Approaches to
Research and Practice, CUP Partnership, Alberta, Canada

12. Remember
The ASQ:SE is no longer available online. You MUST use the ASQ:SE:2
Please contact the University of Delaware to arrange to pick up your ASQ:SE:2 kit.