bar

How Parents of Infants Can Support Social-Emotional Development

Children’s ability to regulate their emotions and skillfully manage social interactions is critical to their healthy development and future success. Use this infographic as a guide to help encourage and support your infant’s social-emotional development.

How Parents of Toddlers Can Support Social-Emotional Development

Children’s ability to regulate their emotions and skillfully manage social interactions is critical to their healthy development and future success. Use this infographic as a guide to help encourage and support your toddler’s social-emotional development.

Sample ASQ:SE-2 Parent Newsletter

Explain key social-emotional milestones to parents, share practical tips, and offer warm words of wisdom with this sample parent newsletter. ASQ:SE-2 Learning Activities are perfect for sharing with parents of children who are developing typically or need non-intensive support with their social-emotional skills.

Social-Emotional Development in Young Children

One of the strongest indicators for school readiness and future success is how well a child manages emotions and social interactions. Learn how social-emotional screening and early identification can help.

SEAM Parent Summary Form

Share this form with caregivers before reviewing SEAM results to help engage families in the process of identifying strengths, identifying areas to focus on, and sharing ideas and activities that can support the development of the identified skill.

Using SEAM with families

SEAM assesses children’s social and emotional development, and can evaluate a caregiver’s readiness for providing ongoing support. But the tool’s success relies heavily on caregiver involvement and interest. Use these tips to help your program engage better with families, for better child outcomes.

When an ASQ:SE-2 score raises concern

You’ve finished scoring the ASQ:SE-2 and find the child’s score to be in the monitoring zone or above the cutoff. Read this article to learn next steps, including follow-up activities that will help connect children and their families to important mental health intervention resources and other services.

10 FREE Social-Emotional Development Resources

As the significance of social-emotional development becomes recognized more and more in our legislation and by key early childhood organizations, help support the children as they develop these critical skills. Use these practical free resource from prominent early childhood organizations to get started.