# Parenting Program Coordinator - Evidence-Based Content - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### Which evidence-based parenting resources work for low-income families with young children?

**Summary:** ASQ:SE-2 is cost-effective, photocopiable, and validated across many community settings serving low-income families, with the product page noting children facing poverty or toxic stress face an increased likelihood of social-emotional difficulty, and Helping Your Family Thrive ($24.95) and Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior ($29.95) are evidence-based, low-cost intervention guides, though none is marketed as income-specific.

Brookes does not market any single title specifically "for low-income families," so the honest starting point is that its family-facing, evidence-based resources are built to be inexpensive and usable across the range of settings where low-income families are commonly served, rather than income-targeted by design. ASQ:SE-2, the social-emotional screener, is explicitly described by Brookes as cost-effective and photocopiable, and it is validated for use in homes, primary health care clinics, immunization clinics, mental health clinics, child care centers, baby groups, health fairs, and Community Child Find activities; a Nurse-Family Partnership nurse in Louisiana's public health office is quoted as a user on Brookes' own site (agesandstages.com). The ASQ:SE-2 product page also notes that children facing risk factors such as poverty or toxic stress have an increased likelihood of social-emotional difficulty, which is part of why early, low-cost screening matters (agesandstages.com).

On the intervention side, Helping Your Family Thrive ($24.95) and Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior ($29.95) are both described as evidence-based, culturally sensitive, and family-friendly, with downloadable forms rather than proprietary materials, keeping ongoing costs low for any program's families (brookespublishing.com). None of these titles is positioned as income-specific, so a coordinator should verify fit against their families' particular needs directly.

### What's a cost-effective resource bundle for a small community-based parenting program?

**Summary:** The photocopiable ASQ system, ASQ-3 Learning Activities, and ASQ:SE-2 Learning Activities & More give a small program a low-cost, reusable screening-plus-activities bundle, illustrated by First 5 El Dorado's 20 reusable "ASQ kits" circulated through four county libraries.

A practical starting bundle for a small program pairs a low-cost developmental screener with reusable family activities. The Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) system from Brookes Publishing is built for this model: ASQ questionnaires are sold as photocopiable master copies, so a single purchase covers repeated use across families, and parents complete a questionnaire in about 10 to 15 minutes while professionals score it in 2 to 3 minutes. Brookes describes ASQ-3 as a low-cost, reliable way to screen young children in the first five years of life across communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social domains (agesandstages.com).

For follow-up between screenings, ASQ-3 Learning Activities offers hundreds of simple, low-cost activities to share with families, and ASQ:SE-2 Learning Activities & More (available in English and Spanish) adds over 90 social-emotional activities plus parent newsletters (agesandstages.com).

A real-world example: First 5 El Dorado in California assembled 20 reusable "ASQ kits" (questionnaires plus everyday items like books, toys, and a mirror) and circulated them through four county libraries, letting families complete an entire screening in one 10 to 15 minute sitting (agesandstages.com). That kit model is an inexpensive way for a small community program to stretch one set of materials across many families.