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An Introduction to ASQ®:SE-2

Parent-completed questionnaires that reliably identify young children at risk for social or emotional difficulties.
Screens 7 key behavioral areas—self-regulation, compliance, communication, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, and interaction with people

Self Regulation: The child’s ability to calm or settle down or adjust to physiological or environmental conditions or stimulation.
Compliance: The child’s ability or willingness to conform to the direction of others and follow rules.
Adaptive Functioning: The child’s success or ability to cope with physiological needs.
Autonomy: The child’s ability or willingness to self-initiate or respond without guidance.
Affect: The child’s ability to demonstrate his or her own feelings and empathy for others.
Social-Communication: The child’s ability to interact with others by responding or initiating verbal or nonverbal signals.
Interaction with People: The child’s ability to respond or initiate social responses to parents, other adults, or peers.

Developed as a complement to ASQ, developmental screening tool
Work started in 1995 at University of Oregon
Authors reviewed other standardized tests and studied the literature extensively
First edition published in 2001; second edition published in 2015

Easy-to-use tool with deep, exclusive focus on children’s social and emotional behavior
Allows professionals to quickly recognize young children at risk for social or emotional difficulties.
Identifies behaviors of concern to caregivers
Identifies any need for further assessment
Cost-effective, parent/caregiver-completed, photocopiable, and culturally sensitive

Step 1: Complete the questionnaire – Each questionnaire has approximately 30 simply worded items – Parents answer “often or always,” “sometimes,” or “rarely or never”
Step 2: Score the questionnaire – Scoring takes just 2–3 minutes
Step 3: Share the results – Scores falling above empirically-derived cutoff points mean child should be referred for assessment

(Discreet scoring code next to answer boxes for the items on the questionnaires: x = 10, v = 5, z = 0)

• Scores falling above empirically-derived cutoff points mean the child should be referred for further assessment.

Investigated with more than 14,074 children; the sample mirrors the U.S. population in terms of race/ethnicity and includes all socio-economic groups.
Reliability – Test-retest: .89 (excellent) – Internal consistency: .84 (excellent)
Validity – Investigated with more than 2,800 children – .83 (excellent)
Sensitivity – .81 (excellent)
Specificity – .83 (excellent)

A convenient, at-a-glance guide
Provides scoring and administration basics
Includes clear directions on selecting the correct questionnaire, scoring, and communicating results to parents