Within the ASQ:SE-2 technical report, the developers make the following statements regarding gender and interpreting results: “It is important to note that the validity sample did not have adequate numbers of girls identified with social-emotional problems to determine if separate cutoff scores for females are needed…
In ASQ-3 Learning Activities, the genders are alternated in the activities with the goal of enhancing ease of use; professionals do not need to choose between female & male versions of the sheets. We know that using gender pronouns causes difficulty in some instances so we have decided to use the gender-neutral singu…
With the current ASQ Online system, there is unfortunately not a way to make the gender field not required. And at this time, we’re unable to add a third gender neutral option for that field. We recognize the importance of being inclusive, and we are planning to have a gender neutral option in the next iteration of A…
This is an important issue. We agree that the questions related to gender are potentially hurtful to families and children, and we apologize. In the past, gender was considered a hallmark of development but now there exists a much more nuanced and sophisticated view of all that is involved with gender. We consider thi…