摘要:Screening tools in health and education provide quick indicators that anticipate diagnostic evaluation and treatment.Faced with the socio-emotional competences of children, the Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE) was used in the population of children enrolled in public pre-schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro during 2011.The objective of this work was to investigate aspects of its validity and reliability.Data from 23,334 children (50.6% boys) being an average age of 5 years old (SD: 3 months) and enrolled in 625 pre-schools were analyzed.