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Positive preschool behavior: Tools to improve children’s social-emotional skills

Any preschool teacher can tell you that behavior is critical to a positive learning and play environment. Fostering young children's social-emotional development not only smooths out the preschool day for everyone, but also helps children do better later in school and life. Here are 4 tools you can use to make sure your program is implementing best practices, supporting children's social skills, and addressing challenging behaviors. Read More

ASQ:SE-2 social-emotional development guide

Support the social-emotional development of children, from 2- to 60-months old, by checking for these important milestones. This colorful, 9-page guide outlines a dozen or more important milestones for each developmental age range. Read More

Putting your trust in parents

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by how to include parents in the screening process with ASQ, you’re not alone. Discover the case for having parents complete questionnaires—and learn what to do when they can’t. Read More

Tips & Tools for ASQ Users

Use this Tips & Tools packet to help with your everyday implementation of ASQ. All content is free and includes resources to bookmark, webinars to watch, and samples to download. Read More

ASQ:SE-2 social-emotional development guide poster

Help support the social-emotional development of children, from 2- to 60-months old, with this 11×17″ poster that highlights three key milestones for each developmental age range. Share it as a handout, or hang it up as a reference for parents, caregivers, and staff. Read More

ASQ Success Story: First 5 El Dorado

Read how First 5 El Dorado made screening accessible by creating 20 ASQ kits and dispensing them in county libraries—boxes packed with everything a parent would need to complete ASQ with their child. Read More

Social-emotional development: screening with ASQ:SE-2

Social-emotional development is important for young children because it’s a key to success in school, in social environments, and in environments both at home and away from home. It’s also really the best predictor we have of academic success. If we want children to develop at their utmost capacity, we need to find problems early and begin to give them the support they need. ASQ:SE-2 gives us the information we need to get started! Read More

Using ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 together

It’s common knowledge that all children should be screened early and often in order to determine which kids are developing typically and which are at risk for delays. Get the full picture by adding a social-emotional tool, such as ASQ:SE-2, to your screening program. Read More