Before you begin to use the screening tools and rating scales, please read this page.

Purpose

The purpose of the information provided in Screening Tools & Rating Scales is to help measure a young person’s mental health symptoms, and/or measure progress after interventions are put in place at school or at home. If you have been told, or you suspect, that a young person has a particular mental health condition, the tools and scales in this section can help you assess or better define the condition.

You can use the screening tools and rating scales to:

• measure a young person’s mental health symptoms
• measure progress after interventions are put in place at school or at home
• establish a common language for discussing a young person's difficulties

Scope

The screening tools and rating scales are arranged by mental health condition, and include instruments to measure symptoms of:

• anxiety (generalized anxiety disorder)
• social phobia
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• depression
• bipolar disorder (manic-depression)
• suicide risk
• attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• pervasive developmental disorder & autism
• Asperger’s disorder
• nonverbal learning disabilities
• disruptive behavior.

Relationship to Other Parts of the Web Site

It is recommended that you visit these sections of the web site -- Child/Adolescent Mental Health Information and Checklists for Preliminary Mental Health Screening -- before you use the screening tools and rating scales.

• Child/Adolescent Mental Health Information provides background information on mental health conditions that are included in the screening tools and rating scales.
• Checklists for Preliminary Mental Health Screening provides a starting point for investigation when there is concern about a young person’s emotional or behavioral difficulties.

Table of All Screening Tools & Rating Scales