The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)
offers a comprehensive approach to assessing adaptive and maladaptive functioning.
The ASEBA assessment
Developed through decades of research and practical experience to identify actual patterns of functioning, the ASEBA assesses competencies, strengths, adaptive functioning, and behavioral, emotional, and social problems from age 1½ to over 90 years.
ASEBA instruments clearly document clients’ functioning in terms of both quantitative scores and individualised 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 individualised descriptive data, plus competence, strengths, adaptive, and problem scores, facilitate comprehensive, in-depth assessment. Numerous studies demonstrate significant associations between ASEBA scores and both diagnostic and special-education classifications.
The ASEBA approach involves
ASEBA Assessments
The preschool forms:
Child Behavior Checklist for ages 1.5-5 (CBCL 1.5-5)
Caregiver-Teacher Report Form for ages 1.5-5 (C-TRF 1.5-5)
CBCL 1.5-5 forms obtain parents’, daycare providers’, and teachers’ ratings of 99 problem items plus descriptions of problems, disabilities, what concerns respondents most about the child, and the best things about the child.
An especially valuable feature of the CBCL 1.5-5 is the Language Development Survey (LDS), which uses parents’ reports to assess children’s expressive vocabularies and word combinations, as well as risk factors for language delays.
Materials - purchase CBCL 1.5-5 materials here
Child Behavior Checklist for ages 1.5-5 (CBCL 1.5-5) Form
CBCL 1.5-5 DSM-5 Handscoring Profile
CBCL 1.5-5 LDS Form
Caregiver-Teacher Report Form for ages 1.5-5 (C-TRF)
C-TRF DSM-5 Handscoring Profile
CBCL 1.5-5 Template for Hand-scoring
C-TRF 1.5-5 Template for Hand-scoring
Manual for the ASEBA Preschool Forms & Profiles
Multicultural Supplement to the ASEBA Preschool Manual
ASEBA-PC - for scoring of completed CBCL or C-TRF Forms (no computer administration available)
ASEBA-Web - full online administration and scoring available for all forms, as well as print form and score only options
The school-age forms:
Child Behavior Checklist ages 6-18 (CBCL 6-18), completed by parents or surrogates
Teacher Report Form (TRF 6-18), completed by teachers and other school staff
Youth Self Report Form 11-18 (YSR 11-18), completed by youths.
Materials - purchase CBCL 6-18 materials here
Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL 6-18) Form
CBCL 6-18 Hand-Scoring Syndrome and Competence Profiles for Boys
CBCL 6-18 Hand-Scoring Syndrome and Competence Profiles for Girls
CBCL 6-18 DSM-oriented Profiles for Boys and Girls
CBCL 6-18 Template for Hand-scoring
Teacher Report Form 6-18 (TRF)
TRF 6-18 Hand-Scoring Syndrome and Adaptive Profiles for Boys
TRF 6-18 Hand-Scoring Syndrome and Adaptive Profiles for Girls
TRF 6-18 DSM-oriented Profiles for Boys and Girls
TRF 6-18 Template for Hand-scoring
Youth Self-Report 11-18 (YSR)
YSR 11-18 Hand-Scoring Syndrome and Competence Profiles
YSR 11-18 Template for Hand-scoring
School-Age Manual
Multicultural Supplement to the School-Age Manual
ASEBA-PC - for scoring of completed CBCL, TRF or YSR Forms (no computer administration available)
ASEBA-Web - full online administration and scoring available for all forms, as well as print form and score only options
The adult-age forms:
Adult Self-Report (ASR), a self-report form completed by the Adult to report their own adaptive functioning, problems, and substance use
Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL), completed by people who know the adult.
The ASR and ABCL are especially valuable for assessing parents of children seen for mental health and family therapy services.
By having parents complete ASRs to describe themselves and ABCLs to describe their partner, you obtain profiles that highlight crucial agreements and disagreements between parents’ self-descriptions and other people’s descriptions of their functioning. You can also compare parents’ ASR and ABCL profiles with their children’s ASEBA profiles.
Materials - purchase ABCL & ASR materials here
Adult Self-Report (ASR) Form
Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL) Form
ASR Syndrome and Adaptive Handscoring Profile for Men
ASR Syndrome and Adaptive Handscoring for Profile Women
ASR DSM-Oriented Profiles for Men and Women
ASR Template for Hand-scoring
ABCL Handscoring Syndrome and Adaptive Profiles for Men
ABCL Handscoring Syndrome and Adaptive Profiles for Women
ABCL DSM-Oriented Profiles for Men and Women
ABCL Template for Hand-scoring
Manual for the ASEBA Adult Forms and Profiles
Multicultural Supplement to the Adult Manual
ASEBA-PC - for scoring of completed ABCL or ASR Forms (no computer administration available)
ASEBA-Web - full online administration and scoring available for all forms, as well as print form and score only options
The Older Adult-age forms:
Older Adult Self-Report (OASR), obtains older adults’ self-reports of diverse aspects of adaptive functioning and problems.
Older Adult Behavior Checklist (OABCL), a parallel form to the OASR for obtaining reports from people who know the adult well.
The Older Adult forms, OASR and OABCL, can greatly improve assessment in a variety of contexts, including psychiatric and psychological evaluations; medical care; assessments following significant life changes, such as loss of a loved one or a move to an assisted living environment; and evaluations before and after planned changes and interventions.
Cross-informant comparisons make it easy to see similarities and differences between self-reports and reports by other people
It is especially helpful to have forms completed at regular intervals, such as 2 months, to determine whether functioning is improving, worsening, or stable.
Materials - purchase OASR & OABCL materials here
Older Adult Self-Report (OASR 60-90+) Form
Older Adult Behavior Checklist (OABCL 60-90+) Form
OASR 60-90+ Handscoring Syndrome and Adaptive Profiles for Men
OASR 60-90+ Handscoring Syndrome and Adaptive Profiles for Women
OASR 60-90+ DSM-Oriented Profiles for Men and Women
OABCL 60-90+ Handscoring Syndrome and Adaptive Profiles for Men
OABCL 60-90+ Handscoring Syndrome and Adaptive Profiles for Women
OABCL 60-90+ DSM-Oriented Profiles for Men and Women
OASR & OABCL Template for Hand-scoring
Manual for the ASEBA Older Adult Forms & Profiles
Multicultural Supplement to the Manual for the ASEBA Older Adult Forms & Profiles
ASEBA-PC - for scoring of completed OABCL or OASR Forms (no computer administration available)
ASEBA-Web full online administration and scoring are available for all forms, as well as print form and score only options
Interview/Test Observation Materials
Ability and achievement tests pose significant challenges for children.
The TOF is a standardised form for rating observations of behavior, affect, and test-taking style during testing sessions for children aged 2 to 18.
The TOF includes 125 items for rating children’s problems during individual ability and achievement testing. Each item is rated on a 4-point scale. The TOF Profile displays raw scale scores and T scores for ages 2 to 18.
The TOF may only be hand-scored.
Materials
Test Observational Form (TOF)
TOF Boys Handscoring Profile
TOF Girls Handscoring Profile
Manual for the Test Observation Form For Ages 2-18
For normed multi-informant assessment of children’s functioning & responses to interventions (RTIs)
The BPM’s Internalizing (INT), Attention Problems (ATT), Externalizing (EXT), and Total Problems (TOT) scales comprise items from the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18), Teacher’s Report Form (TRF), and Youth Self-Report (YSR).
Frequent brief assessments are often needed to evaluate responses to interventions designed to reduce problems and improve adaptive functioning.
Because children’s behavior often varies from one context and interaction partner to another, brief assessments should compare data from multiple informants. The BPM-Parent (BPM-P), BPM-Teacher (BPM-T), and BPM-Youth (BPM-Y) enable users to obtain parallel parent, teacher, and self-ratings.
Materials
BPM- P 6-18 Form
BPM- T 6-18 Form
BPM- Y 6-18 Form
ASEBA-Web - full online administration and scoring available for all forms, as well as print form and score only options
The SCICA maximises the value of interviews with a flexible user-friendly protocol, plus forms on which interviewers rate their observations and children’s self-reports during the interview.
The SCICA Protocol provides open-ended questions covering children’s activities and school performance, peer relations, family relations, self perceptions, feelings, and parent/teacher-reported problems.
Interviewers rate the child on the SCICA Observation and Self-Report Forms.
The SCICA may only be hand-scored.
Materials
SCICA Protocol Form
SCICA Observation and Self-Report Form
SCICA Profiles for Hand-Scoring
SCICA DSM-Oriented Hand-Scoring Profile
Manual for the SCICA
ASEBA-WEB
Premier online solution for administration and scoring of ASEBA forms
ASEBA-Web is a premier Internet solution that is carefully designed to meet a wide variety of needs. It is a convenient, secure Internet solution that enables completion of ASEBA forms online, printing of ASEBA forms, scoring of ASEBA profiles, and transmission of data to your ASEBA-PC if required.
ASEBA-Web enables online administration of ASEBA assessment forms for ages 15.-5, 6-18 (including BPM), 18-59, and 60-90+.
ASEBA-Web cannot be used with the DOF, TOF, or SCICA.
ASEBA-Web is a subscription service that is renewable on an annual basis and requires e-units to administer assessments via the web.
The subscription service uses “e-units” to administer and score assessments. E-units are available for purchase in various increments, see below for pricing.
One e-unit is charged for each of the following functions:
ASEBA-Web Enables You to:
Hard-copy materials & ASEBA-PC Scoring Software