&NA;The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires states to engage in child‐find efforts to identify infants and toddlers at risk for social‐emotional problems. Parent‐completed rating scales can be an efficient and cost‐effective method for identifying young children in need of further assessment for social‐emotional problems. This article discusses the importance of screening children in this domain and the benefits of using parent‐completed questionnaires in the screening process. Six screening tools that rely on parent report, including three experimental tools, are reviewed. Additionally, challenges to screening for social‐emotional disorders are discussed, and cautions for practitioners are suggested.