Helping create more accessible screening tool

Foundations for Success is working with representatives from Wider Foundation, Patient Tools (a software company based in Colorado), and a local music studio to develop audio versions of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social Emotional (ASQ®:SE). The new version will help families with limited or no reading to access and complete the tool in English, Hmong, Spanish and Somali.

The ASQ®:SE is a social emotional screening tool for children ages 3 months to 60 months that is completed by the children’s parents or caregivers. It is a screening tool with exceptional validity and reliability and assists parents or caregivers in identifying both social-emotional and developmental concerns they may have about their children.

Currently, the ASQ®:SE is used to screen about 7,500 children each year through the Foundations for Success partnership. The ability to have an electronic audio version in four languages will greatly support our efforts in assisting families in identifying possible early childhood developmental or mental health concerns and addressing those concerns.