# An Introduction to ASQ®:SE-2

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# What is 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

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# The 7 Key Behavioral Areas

- **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.

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# How was ASQ:SE-2 developed?

- 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

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# Why Choose ASQ:SE-2?

- 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

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# Features of ASQ:SE-2

- 2-, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 30-, 36-, 48-, and 60-month intervals
- Available in English, Arabic, French, Vietnamese, and Spanish
- Competence and problem behaviors targeted
- Externalizing and internalizing behaviors targeted

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# Screen with ASQ:SE-2

- **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

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# Scoring the ASQ:SE-2

| Answer Options | Points |
| --- | --- |
| Often or Always | 0 or 10 |
| Sometimes | 5 |
| Rarely or Never | 0 or 10 |
| Is this a concern? | Yes=5 |

(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.

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# Technical Data

- 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)

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# ASQ®:SE-2 Quick Start Guides

- 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

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# ASQ® Online

- Web-based management and questionnaire completion system; available 24/7
- Automated scoring for accuracy
- Efficient reporting to help analyze progress
- Sample letters for communication with parents
- Import/Export functionality
- API functionality to transfer ASQ data to another data management system

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# ASQ® Family Access

- Online completion for parents via a secure, customizable URL
- Mobile-optimized

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# Learn more about ASQ:SE-2

## ASQ Resource Library [https://bpub.fyi/ASQSE-2-resources](https://bpub.fyi/ASQSE-2-resources)  
## ASQ Knowledge Base [http://bit.ly/ASQKnowledgeBase](http://bit.ly/ASQKnowledgeBase)  
## Videos and Webinars [http://bit.ly/asqvideos](http://bit.ly/asqvideos)

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