Developmental and Social-Emotional Screening Training

The Minnesota Departments of  Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), Health (MDH), Education (MDE), and Human Services (DHS) periodically offer trainings for programs and staff that provide developmental and social-emotional screening services for Minnesota children.

Training Resources and Materials

Training Toolkit: Developmental and Social-Emotional Screening and Referral

This is a training curriculum resource for Minnesota's public screening programs to provide staff training on early childhood developmental and social-emotional screening, referral, and linkage to services. Refer to Instructions for more information.

1. Instructions (PDF)
2. Slides (PowerPoint, with notes)
3. Accessible Notes - content from notes section of PowerPoint slides (Word)

Interactive Training Modules

• Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC) self-paced training modules. This includes modules on Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment, Hearing, Vision, Developmental and Social-Emotional Screening, Oral Health for Clinics. 

Webinar and In-person Trainings

• MDH Family Home Visiting Training and Professional Development
  • Introduction to Using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2)
• MDH C&TC program trainings for C&TC clinics and providers (upon request). To request a training, submit a C&TC Training Request.
  • Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2)
  • Developmental and mental health screening in Child and Teen Checkups

DCYF/MDH Offer Early Childhood Screening trainings posted on MDE Calendar for school districts and the charters who screen.