A powerful tool to help evaluate the effectiveness of ADHD treatments.
The comprehensive system for measuring behavior and emotions is better than ever
Promote student success through comprehensive, systematic screening
The BASC-2 family offers a comprehensive, integrated system that helps you identify and manage behavioral and emotional strengths and weaknesses in children and young adults—and incorporates the perspectives of parents, teachers, and the students themselves.
BASC-2 Intervention Guide, step-by-step guide to select and implement evidence-based interventions that work in schools
BASC-2 Progress Monitor to easily monitor progress after conducting BASC-2 interventions
A versatile, multi-level, norm-referenced achievement test that helps measure math, reading, and language skills for children and adults.
Efficiently and accurately identify motor delays in young children.
The new Bayley-III is more comprehensive – a multi-scale, easy-to-administer battery that tests the five developmental domains.
Screen for cognitive, language, and motor developmental delays
Long the standard of excellence for evaluating the development of young children, the Bayley Scales of Infant Development®—Second Edition (BSID–II) offers a standardized assessment of cognitive and motor development for children ages 1 month through 42 months. BSID–II incorporates technical soundness, expanded content coverage, enhanced clinical validity, and brighter stimulus materials. It reflects current norms and allows diagnostic assessment at an earlier age to help lead to needed intervention. Normative Data BSID–II was renormed on a stratified random sample of 1,700 children (850 boys and 850 girls) ages one month to 42 months, grouped at one-month to three-month intervals on the variables of age, sex, region, race/ethnicity, and parental education.
Quickly screen for depression in adolescents and adults with the new BDI®–FastScreen for Medical Patients. A new version of the Beck Depression Inventory®–II designed specifically for medical patients, BDI–FastScreen is a reliable 7-item self-report instrument useful for case-finding. Complies with DSM-IV BDI–FastScreen measures the severity of depressive symptoms corresponding to the psychological, nonsomatic criteria for diagnosing major Depressive Disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders—Fourth Edition (DSM– IV).
Screen for anxiety with the Beck Anxiety Inventory® (BAI®). Patients respond to 21 items rated on a scale from 0 to 3. Each item is descriptive of subjective, somatic, or panic-related symptoms of anxiety. Screen Anxiety BAI has been found to discriminate well between anxious and nonanxious diagnostic groups in a variety of clinical populations. Clinical Validity Data are reported on samples of patients who were diagnosed as having panic disorder with agoraphobia, panic disorder without agoraphobia, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and generalized anxiety.
The Beck keeps getting better. You can assess depression with the Beck Depression Inventory®—II (BDI®–II), which is in line with the depression criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—Fourth Edition (DSM–IV). This new edition of the Beck Depression Inventory®, the most widely used instrument for detecting depression, takes just five minutes to complete and is more clinically sensitive than ever. New ItemsLike its predecessor, the BDI–II consists of 21 items to assess the intensity of depression in clinical and normal patients. Each item is a list of four statements arranged in increasing severity about a particular symptom of depression.
Use this powerful predictor of eventual suicide to help you measure three major aspects of hopelessness: feelings about the future, loss of motivation, and expectations. Responding to the 20 true or false items on the Beck Hopelessness Scale® (BHS®), patients can either endorse a pessimistic statement or deny an optimistic statement. Predicts Eventual SuicideResearch consistently supports a positive relationship between BHS scores and measures of depression, suicidal intent, and ideation.
Control a more focused examination of a patient's suicidal intent by using the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation® (BSS®) as a starting point. Five Screening Items, 21 Test ItemsThe scale is made up of 21 items. Five screening items reduce the length and the intrusiveness of the questionnaire for patients who are nonsuicidal.
Now assess your clients to age 18 assuring confidence in your clinical decision making, while helping you plan effective intervention.
Helps accurately and efficiently assess visual-motor skills in children and adults.
Predict everyday problems associated with the Dysexcutive Syndrome
Assist in early identification of deficits in executive functioning in children
Assess the maturation of visuomotor preceptions of children and adults
More than 50 years of proven clinical utility is the hallmark of Benton Visual Retention Test®. This test has proven its sensitivity to reading disabilities, nonverbal learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, Attention-Deficit Disorder, Alzheimer's, and other forms of dementia. Besides easy administration, the Benton Visual Retention Test also features updated normative data, expanded scoring examples, and a detailed review of research conducted with the test. Easy AdministrationEach of the 3 test forms consists of 10 designs presented one-by-one. The examinee reproduces the drawings in the Response Booklet-Record Form. The 3 alternate, equivalent forms of the Benton Visual Retention Test allow for retesting while minimizing practice effects.
Obtain a quick assessment of adults' nonverbal intellectual abilities.
Identify children who lack understanding of basic relational concepts and provide intervention sooner, increasing their chance of success in school. Measure concepts relevant to today's preschool and early childhood curriculum. Quick and easy to administer and score. Children respond favorably to the colorful stimulus materials. Standardized and normed on a nationally representative sample of children. Each concept is tested twice to determine the child's understanding of it across contexts. Includes curriculum-based test summary, observation and intervention planning tool, a parent report form, and suggestions for modifying and adapting administration directions and testing materials for differently able children.
The BBCS-3:R (Bracken Basic Concepts Scale, Third Edition: Receptive) helps evaluate the acquisition of basic concepts of a child, which is strongly related to cognitive and language development as well as early childhood academic achievement.
BBCS:E (Bracken Basic Concept Scale: Expressive), assessment helps ensure every child has the basic concepts essential to academic success
Assess a child's receptive knowledge of basic concepts. Use results for IEP development and remediation. Use BBCS—R for norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, or curriculum-based assessment. A Spanish edition of the record form is available for criterion-referenced use. Remediate deficiencies in concept acquisition with the Bracken Concept Development Program (BCDP).
This comprehensive instructional program features colorful materials for working with children experiencing gaps in concept development. The multisensory approach encourages hands-on activities and experiences.
BSRA-3 (Bracken School Readiness Assessment, Third Edition, a non-verbal screener helps determine if a child may have an underlying language disorder that requires further evaluation
Addressing the need for research-based vocabulary intervention
Assessment of pain and functional levels and other psychological factors commonly associated with pain and rehabilitation patients.
Identify red-flag indicators of atypical behavior in only 10 minutes.
A brief neuropsychological exam that efficiently helps assess cognitive functions.
Quickly measure and monitor psychological distress in oncology and primary care patients.
Obtain a consistent measure of ADD across the life span with the Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales® for Children and Adolescents and the Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales for Adolescents and Adults. Based on Thomas Brown's cutting-edge model of cognitive impairment in ADD, the Brown ADD Scales explore the executive cognitive functioning aspects of cognition associated with AD/HD (ADD). Extended Age RangeWith the new Brown ADD Scales for Children that include a primary/preschool scale (ages 3–7) and a school-age scale (ages 8–12), in addition to the adolescent and adult scales already available, the Brown ADD Scales allow you to comprehensively assess ADD in individuals of all ages.
Extensively revised to deliver the most precise measure of motor skills. An individually administered measure of gross and fine motor skills.
Share valuable information on speech therapy and speech/language disorders with parents of children 1 to 7 years old. These articles answer frequently asked questions, suggest related activities to enhance children's speech and language skills, and feature a glossary of terms, important cross references, and additional resources for further reading.
Quickly and efficiently evaluate clients who have communication or cognitive deficits as a result of a neurological injury. Three Inventories—Right Hemisphere, Left Hemisphere, and Complex Neuropathology—are included to help you determine which skills are impaired and may be appropriate for intervention. Plot your results on the Record Form's target treatment grid to determine a starting point and set goals for intervention.