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mental health assessments and interventions
Question | Answer |
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What is Peer Mediated Social Skills Training? | peers are trained to act as role models and provide support for individuals learning social skills. |
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy? | changes a person's thinking and behavior |
What is social responsiveness scale? | is a 65-item rating scale that measures the severity of autism spectrum symptoms in individuals aged 2.5 years through adulthood. It is one of the most widely used autism screening tools by psychologists, educators, and researchers. |
What is social communication scales? | The Social Communication Scale is a tool used to evaluate communication skills and social functioning in children who may have autism or autism spectrum disorders. |
What is communication questionnaire? | is a two-part instrument that assesses an individual's level of communication competence using measures of cognitive complexity and message design logic. |
What is pervasive development disorders behavior inventory? | is a rating scale designed to assess problem behaviors and social, language, and learning or memory skills of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) |
What is Hamilton Anxiety Rating scale? | is a psychological questionnaire used by clinicians to rate the severity of a patient's anxiety. |
What is Carroll Depression scale? | is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure the severity of depressive symptoms in individuals. |
What is Thematic Apperception Test? | involves showing people a series of picture cards depicting a variety of ambiguous characters (that may include men, women, and/or children), scenes, and situations. |
What is California Psychological Inventory? | designed to measure normal-range human behavior by measuring personality traits, social and interpersonal functioning. Consists of 434 true/false items like: Tolerance, Responsibility, Integrity, Empathy, and Self-Control. |
What is Global Assessment of Functioning scale? | is used to rate how serious a mental illness may be. It measures how much a person's symptoms affect their day-to-day life on a scale of 0 to 100. |
What is Functional Assessment Staging Test? | is a tool used by health professionals to assess the level of cognitive function in individuals with primary degenerative dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease. |
Conflict Tactics scale | focuses on conflict resolution methods. |
Beck Depression Inventory II | Assesses depression. Has 21 multiple choice questions. For children 13 and over. |
Hamilton Anxiety Scale | Assessing anxiety symptoms in people who were already diagnosed with anxiety disorders. Has 14 questions. |
Beck Anxiety Inventory | Gauges the acuteness of patient anxiety. Has 21 questions. For children 17 and over. |
Beck Hopelessness Scale | Gauges the likelihood of suicide. Has 20 True/False questions. For children 17 and over. |
Cage Questionnaire | Assesses and screens for alcohol use. Has 4 questions. For adults 18 and over. |
Michigan Alcohol Screening Test Revised | Assesses and screens for alcohol use. Has 22 questions. |
AUDIT | Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test. Has 10 questions |
Brigance Inventory of Essential Skills | Assesses the skills needed to be a successful student and adult functioning in individuals with special needs. For children 15-17 years old. |
Brigance Life Skills Inventory | Assesses individual's skills and performance within the context of everyday situations. For children 6-15 years old. |
Brigance Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills-Revised | Evaluates basic readiness and academic skills. For children 5-12 years old. |
Continuous Performance Test | A neuropsychological assessment specifically designed to measure attention and impulsivity, which are core challenges in ADHD. |
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale | Designed to assess the personality/behavioral construct of impulsiveness, which is directly related to the client's diagnosis. It can identify any comorbid impulse control disorders. |
Barkley Adult ADHD Checklist | Is useful for a historical perspective of symptoms and severity of symptoms for ADHD. |
Conner's Adult ADHD Rating Scales | CAARS |
CAARS | Is a comprehensive tool that provides a multi-faceted assessment of ADHD symptoms tailored for adults. It measures the presence and severity of ADHD symptoms and can differentiate between domains: inattention, hyperactive, impulsive. |
ADHD Rating Scale | Is a scale more commonly used for children and adolescents. |
Family Environment Scale | Assesses the social-environmental characteristics of families, both of which are important but do not offer a complete picture of family functioning. |
FACES-IV | Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales |
Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales | Is a comprehensive tool that assesses key aspects of family functioning. It can help identify areas where the family may be struggling with flexibility or supportiveness. |
Coping Health Inventory for Parents | Is designed to evaluate how parents cope with the health-related issues of their children. It can provide insights into their stress levels and emotional responses specific to the situation. |
Child Behavior Checklist | Is widely used method for assessing a broad range of behavioral and emotional problems in children and is beneficial for understanding the emotional impact of co-parenting conflict. |
McMaster Family Assessment Device | Standardized assessment tool used to evaluate the family's current functioning and communication patterns. Designed to assess 6 areas: problem solving, communication, roles, affective responsiveness, affective involvement, and behavior control. |
Parent Child Relationship Inventory | is useful in assessing parents' attitudes towards their children. |
Leiter International Performance Scale | designed to assess nonverbal intelligence and attention, which is particularly suitable for children who may not communicate verbally. Provides insight to cognitive functioning without relying on language skills, useful to understand cognitive ability. |
Denver II Development Screening Test | general developmental screening tool and does not specifically on sensory processing. |
Sensory Integration Therapy | Helps children with autism spectrum disorder process and respond to sensory stimuli more effectively. It is good to help a child who is easily overwhelmed by sensory input. |
Applied Behavioral Analysis | ABA Therapy |
ABA Therapy | Is used to modify behaviors. |
Childhood Autism Rating Scale | CARS |
CARS | It is a well-established tool used to assess the presence and severity of Autism Spectrum symptoms in children. |
Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised | a comprehensive interview tool that requires significant training and time to administer. |
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule | Is assessing autism and is considered the gold standard for evaluating social communication and interaction. |
Autism Spectrum Rating Scale | Is a quick screening tool for Autism. |
Sensory Profile 2 | Assesses a child's sensory processing patterns and preferences. It is designed to measure a child's responses to sensory events in daily life which can be useful to children with autism who often experience sensory sensitivity or challenges. |
Columbia Mental Maturity Scale | It is intended to screen the overall reasoning capacity of children. It uses 92 picture and figures. For children 3 years 6 months to 10 years old. |
Carrow Elicited Language Inventory | assessment of speech and language development. Has 52 phrases and sentence stimuli. |
Sheehan Disability Scale | It is a concise self-report tool that assesses functional impairment in work/school, social, and family life. It provides quantifiable measure of disability; it can help track client's functioning over time. |
Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome | Evaluates executive function. |
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule | Personality Inventory. It is a 15-personality variable scale. For children 16 years old to 85 years old. |
Halstead-Reitan Psychological Test Battery | Evaluates neurological impaired patients 8 basic tests. For children 15 years old. |
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 | Is more focused on personality and psychopathology rather than cognitive functioning. It assesses patterns of personality, emotional, and behavioral disorders in adults. |
Psychological Screening Inventory | PSI |
PSI | is an assessment tool to screen an individual's mental health. It has 130 items of True/False. |
16 Personality Factor Questionnaire | Factor analysis determined personality detentions. It has 185 items. For children 16 years old and over. |
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale | It is a broad measure of cognitive abilities but does not specifically target the attentional deficits associated with ADHD. It evaluates general intelligence. For children 16 years old to 90 years old. |
Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test 2nd | Evaluates the visual motor ability and perpetual motor along with cognitive development. For children 3 years old |
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale | It calculates psychotic and non-psychotic symptoms in people with major psychotic disorders. It is often used with schizophrenia. For adults 18 years old and over. |
Mullen Scales of Early Learning | Assesses early cognitive and motor abilities but involves verbal interaction. |
Childhood Interest Rating Scale | It helps to identify preferences |
Peabody Developmental Motor Scales | It focuses on motor skills development. |
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales | Assesses Adaptive behavior |
Conflict Tactics Scale | focuses on conflict resolution methods. |
FBA | Functional Behavior Assessment |
Functional Behavior Assessment | is a systemic process that identifies specific patterns or triggers associated with problem behaviors. It aims to discern the purposes that problem behaviors may serve for an individual, helps to understand the antecedents and consequences. |
Kleptomania Symptom Assessment Scale | It is specifically tailored to assess symptoms associated with kleptomania including the frequency and intensity of the urges to steal and the emotional impact. This scale allows the therapist to monitor the client's progress. |
Comic Strip Conversation | They are short descriptions of a particular situation, event or activity, which include specific information about what to expect in that situation and why. |
Play Observation Scale | Assesses play behavior which is valuable. |
Video Modeling | An evidence-based approach that can effectively teach social cues and relationships to children with Autism. |
Play Therapy | is a method of therapy that uses play to uncover and deal with psychological issues. It can be used on its own, particularly with children, or along with other therapies and medications. |
Executive Function Performance Test | is a performance-based standardized assessment of cognitive function using Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (I-ADLs). |