ASEBA - The Worldwide Standard for Integrated, Multi-Informant, Evidence-Based Assessment for Ages 1-1/2 to 90+

The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) includes an integrated set of rating forms for ages 1.5 to 90+

• Pre-School Module (Ages 1.5-5)
• School-Age Module (Ages 6-18) -- includes the Multicultural Norms Option in the ADM Scoring Software
• Adult Module (Ages 18-59)
• Older-Adult Module (Ages 60-90+) -- please refer to catalogue
• Assessment Data Manager (ADM) Scoring Software
• Extended Function Modules (e.g., Client Data Entry)

For additional detail on ASEBA products in all of the age ranges, please visit our online catalogues (click here)  and download the ASEBA section of the Clinical Assessment Catalogue (seven pages, 250MB).

ASEBA forms are used and researched worldwide, as reported in over 6,500 publications from 80 societies and cultural groups.

The ASEBA offers comprehensive, evidenced-based assessment of adaptive and maladaptive functioning. Developed through decades of research and practical experience to identify actual patterns of functioning, the ASEBA provides thoughtful professionals with user-friendly tools. ASEBA instruments clearly document clients' functioning via quantitative scores and individualized descriptions in respondents' own words.

Descriptions include what concerns respondents most about the clients; the best things about clients; and details of competencies and problems that are not captured by quantitative scores alone. The individualized descriptive data, plus competence, adaptive, and problem scores, facilitate comprehensive, in-depth assessment.

The School-Age Module (Ages 6-18) with Multicultural Options displays profiles of scale scores and cross-informant comparisons in relation to norms from many societies.  For more information, visit School-Age Module (Ages 6-18)

• Sets the standard for evidence-based assessment.
• Multi-informant assessment spans ages 1.5-90+ with separate forms available for parents/caregivers, teachers/educators, self-rating.
• Widely used in mental health services, schools, medical settings, child & family services, multicultural assessment, HMOs, public health agencies, child guidance, training and research.
• Separate norms by gender and age group for competencies, adaptive functioning, syndromes, DSM-oriented scales, Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total Problems.
• Multicultural Norms are available for ages 6-18 (optional, included with the ADM software module).
• Comparable scales across wide age ranges.
• Age-appropriate forms for children, youths, adults and elders.
• User-friendly forms for both hand-scoring and key entry (computer-scoring); direct client entry is also available.
• For some age ranges, French rating forms are available that can be scored using either English profiles or the Assessment Data Manager (ADM) software (all reports are in English).
• Specialized Guides illustrate use of the ASEBA in multicultural, mental health, medical, school, and child/family service settings.
• Extensive research on service needs and outcomes, diagnosis, prevalence of problems, medical conditions, treatment efficacy, genetic and environmental effects, epidemiology, cross-cultural variations, child abuse, ADHD, HIV, PTSD.

 

This module includes the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1.5-5 (CBCL/1.5-5) and the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form (C-TRF/1.5-5).   French-language rating forms matching the English-language CBCL/1.5-5 are available for use in Canada.  This module is also supported by the Test Observation Forms for Ages 2-18 (TOF/2-18).

This module includes the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18), Youth Self-Report for Ages 11-18 (YSR/11-18), and the Teacher Report Form (C-TRF/6-18).   French-language rating forms matching the three English-language forms listed above are available for use in Canada.  This module is also supported by the Test Observation Forms for Ages 2-18 (TOF/2-18), the Direct Observation Form for Ages 6-11 (DOF 2009, see below) and the Semistructured Clinical Interview for Children & Adolescents (SCICA).

DOF 2009 is different from the original DOF, in a number of ways:

1)  The new DOF 2009 is for ages 6-11.  The original DOF was for ages 5-14.

2)  Assessment Data Manager (ADM) software is used for scoring DOF 2009.

3 )  ADM software for DOF 2009 is designed for Windows-based computers. (The original DOF software was DOS-based.)

For more information about the DOF 2009, visit School-Age Module (Ages 6-18), locate the DOF section, then click on "more details".

USING THE ASEBA

To hand score you need: Forms, Profiles, Templates, Manual

Hand-Scored Profile: one profile is needed to hand score each form completed by a respondent; scores are displayed on graphs.

Template: this is helpful for hand scoring; reusable cardboard cut-out that helps transfer data from forms completed by respondents to hand-scored profiles.

To computer score you need: Forms, Manual, Entry/Scoring Module (Assessment Data Manager)

ELIGIBILITY TO PURCHASE

The use and interpretation of ASEBA materials requires graduate training in standardized assessment procedures of at least the Master's degree level, plus thorough knowledge of the relevant Manuals and documentation. Administration of the SCICA additionally requires supervised experience in interviewing children. Eligibility to purchase ASEBA materials is based on academic degree and licensing.

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