PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR INTAKE AND OUTCOMES
SELECTED MEASURES
UCLA PTSD Index
Gives information about trauma history and posttraumatic
symptoms
PCL-S for DSM-IV
17-item self-report measure about posttraumatic symptoms
for adults and adolescents 18 and older. Used widely in the
USA VA Hospital system. Available at no cost on line if
Googled. Administer it every session or once a month.
Childhood Trust
Events Survey
Information about trauma history
Available at no cost at www.ohiocando4kids.org and on the
CD.
Achenbach Child
Behavior Checklist
(CBCL)
Parent Report, Teacher Report, and Youth Self Report
measures that assess internalizing and externalizing
behaviors: Copyrighted. Available for sale at
www.aseba.org .
Trauma Symptom
Checklist for Children
(TSCC). Trauma Symptom
Checklist for Young
Children (TSCYC)
Trauma Symptom
Inventory (TSI)
TSCC is self report for children aged 8-16; TSCYC is
a caregiver report measure for younger children:
TSI is a self report measure for adults. These measures
assess post- traumatic symptoms on 6 factors: anxiety,
depression, PTSD, anger, dissociation, and sexual concerns
Parenting Stress Index
(PSI)
The short form of this measure assesses parental distress in
their relationships with their children. Available at PAR.
Child Sexual Behavior
Index (CSBI)
38-item parent/caregiver report form for children’s
sexualized behaviors, aged 2-12. PAR.
Child Dissociative
Checklist (CDC)
Parent/caregiver screening measure for dissociative
symptoms in children aged 5-12. Available at no cost
by request from www.ohiocando4kids.org.
Adolescent Dissociative
Experiences Scale
(A-DES)
Self-report measure for dissociative symptoms in
adolescents. Available at no cost by request from
www.ohiocando4kids.org.
Available for sale at PAR (www.parinc.com.
Trauma Treatment Training Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, 2009