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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2024 Apr 10;29(1):101531. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2024.101531
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Ages and Stages Questionnaire Social Emotional 2 social-emotional 1- 72 months standardized assessment Social-emotional development Norm Parent-report $275 manual. See link for more info: https://agesandstages.com/about-asq/why-screening-matters/social-emotional-screening/ <10 minutes yes
Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 (part of the ASEBA) social-emotional 1.5- 5 years standardized assessment Social-emotional development and internalizing/externalizing behavior Norm Parent-report Manual $45 pack of 50 forms $30 10 minutes yes
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) 2-4 years social-emotional 2-4 years standardized assessment Externalizing/internalizing behavior (plus some social-emotional development) Norm Parent-report free 5 minutes yes
Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist/Preschool Pediatric Symptom Checklist (part of Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children SWYC) social-emotional 1-65 months standardized assessment Norm Parent-report free <5 minutes yes
Brief Infant Toddler Social and Emotional assessment (BITSEA) social-emotional 12-36 months screening/standa rdized assessment Social-emotional development and internalizing/externalizing behavior Norm Parent-report $170.71 kit 7-10 minutes yes
Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Infants and Toddlers social-emotional 1-36 months ? Norm Parent-report $199/95 manual <10 minutes yes
Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart social-emotional 0-42 months standardized assessment Social-emotional development Norm Parent-report $115 manual <10 minutes yes
Infant Toddler Social and Emotional assessment (ITSEA) social-emotional 12-35 months standardized assessment Social-emotional development and internalizing/externalizing behavior Norm Parent-report $286-348 for ITSEA and BITSEA 20-30 minutes yes
M-P-R (a part of the Merrill-Palmer-Revised Scales of Development-social emotional) social-emotional 1-78 months standardized assessment Norm Parent-report $925 for full M-P-R <5 minutes yes
The Behavior Assessment System for Children Second Edition (BASC-3) social-emotional 2-22 years standardized assessment Social-emotional development and internalizing/externalizing behavior Norm Structured developmental history, observation system, parent-report, self-report and teacher-report $146 for BASC-3 Manual and 10 Q-global Interpretive Summary Report usages 10-20 minutes yes