Behaviour Assessments

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Behaviour Assessments

ODD

Treated with behavioural management and treatments

Look for other underlying reason

Secondary to anxiety, depression, etc.

Defying authority, vengful, seeking revenge, not following rules, getting in trouble all of the time

Diagnosed by 8

20% of school age population

Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC)

Quick and efficient unidimensional measure

Respondent rates each item - 0 for "never true about me" to 3 "often true about me"

Scales - Physical symptoms (Somatic Symptoms, Tense Symptoms), Harm avoidance (perfectionism, anxious coping), Social Anxiety (humiliation fears, performance fears), Social Anxiety and Separation/Panic

Can be used by psychologist, psychiatrists, teachers, counsellors, pediatric nurses etc.

8-19 years

Diagnostic aid for onset anxiety disorder

The Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale

Administration

Classroom Edition - 244 items to evaluate children's behaviour in classroom. Teacher can complete but interpreted by qualified professional

Expanded Form - useful for teachers/psychologists planning IEP. 577 items completed within 60-90 minutes. Used to put together teatment/rehabilitative program

Survey Form - 297 items, parent/caregiver answers, 20 minutes to an hour to complete

Questionnaire in a semi-structured interview - 3 editions

Adaptive behaviours - communication, daily living skills, socialization, motor skills, maladaptive behaviour (optional) domains

diagnose various disabilities

preschool to 18 years old (different version used for 6 yrs and under)

available for students with special needs

measurement of adaptive behaviours (coping with environmental changes, learning new everyday skills and demonstrate independence)

The Behaviour Assessment System for Children (BASC)

assessment of youth's attitude toward school/teachers, comparison of school maladjustment vs. clinical maladjustment, locus of control, youth's sense of inadequacy, youth self report, adaptive functioning skills

Used mainly by psychologists but has been used by pediatricians, psychiatrists and school psychologists in US (recommended to have training using BASC)

teacher and parent rating scales, self-report of personality, structured developmental history, student observation system

Diagnosis and aid in design of treatment plan

evaluating behaviour and self-perceotion

2 yr 6 mths to 18 years