The second survey, “Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social Emotional Development” is
a series of 33 questions. The instrument was again handed out during a program at the Family
Resource Center for Eau Claire County and collected after the program by the researcher. Each
of the questions asks participants to place a check mark on which of the following best fits their
child today: most of the time, sometimes, or rarely or never. Examples of the questions asked
are: Does your child look at him when you talk to him, can your child settle himself down after
periods of exciting activity, can your child name a friend? The researcher then compiled the
scores of this survey. Each answer to each question was given a number 0, 5 or 10. Then based
on the total score ( 0 lowest, 330 highest) the researcher added scores to determine if the child is
above or below the cutoff score for developmentally appropriate social emotional development.