RE: measures to assess preschoolers' mental health functioning

[DOUGLAS LEROY FLOR <dflor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The "best" instrument that I know of is the Child Behavior Checklist, developed by Achenbach (now at the University of Vermont, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry).  They have worked hard at developing nationally standardized norms (something the Quay & Peterson scale does not have).  They are recently developing the scale for use across the life span (children thru old age).


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-----Original Message-----
From:   Sandra Bishop [SMTP:bishop@CDMAS.med.yale.edu]
Sent:   Monday, March 02, 1998 4:11 PM
To:     Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject:        measures to assess preschoolers' mental health functioning 

Hello--

I am a postdoc doing research in an intensive family preservation program.
Although the program's interventions focus on the parent(s), we would like
to assess the children's mental health functioning (in order to identify
and meet their service needs).  The children are primarily preschool-aged
(2-5).  We will be having the mother and the family support worker
complete a Child Behavior Checklist.  Does anyone know of any instruments
which we can use to assess child mental health functioning directly (i.e.
a child self-report or some other method which doesn't involve parent- or
other-report?).  I know of measures for older children, but none for
children in the 2-5 year-old range.  Thank you for your help.

--Sandra Bishop
  bishop@cdmas.med.yale.edu
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