Infant, Child, Adolescent & Family Assessments

Author DeAnna McKinnie Burney, PhD Description The AARS is a 41-item psychometrically sound instrument that assesses the intensity and frequency of anger expression in adolescents aged 11-19 years.  The items are consistent with behaviours identified in the DSM-IV.  Elevated AARS scores may help to identify adolescents who are at risk for diagnoses of Conduct Disorder (CD),... READ MORE

Authors Patti Harrison, Ph.D., and Thomas Oakland, Ph.D. Description Online Administration & Scoring Portal Available (via WPS Online Evaluation System) - Contact PAA to establish an online account. The ABAS-3 includes new norms, updated item content, improved ease of use and an Intervention Planner that spans the full age range of the assessment. The third edition of this... READ MORE

PLEASE NOTE:    ADI-R CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED BEFORE PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT.   PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR QUALIFICATION WHEN ORDERING OR CONTACT PAA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. CONTACT PAA FOR TRAINING & WORKSHOP ENQUIRIES. Author Michael Rutter, M.D., FRS, Ann LeCouteur, M.B.B.S., and Catherine Lord, Ph.D. Description Used in research for decades, this comprehensive interview provides a thorough assessment... READ MORE

PLEASE NOTE:    ADOS CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED BEFORE PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT.   PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR QUALIFICATION WHEN ORDERING OR CONTACT PAA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. CONTACT PAA FOR TRAINING & WORKSHOP ENQUIRIES. Authors Catherine Lord, PhD; Michael Rutter, MD. et al. Description This revision improves an instrument already viewed as the "gold standard" for observational assessment of autism... READ MORE

Authors Paul J. Frick, PhD. & Robert D. Hare, PhD. Description In recent years, societal concerns over the dramatic rise in juvenile crime - especially violent crime - has reaffirmed the importance of research in this area.  Children who commit antisocial, delinquent, and violent acts constitute a heterogeneous group in terms of the types of... READ MORE

Authors Arnold H. Buss, Ph.D. and W. L. Warren, Ph.D. Description  This self-report inventory makes it possible, and practical, to routinely screen children and adults for aggressive tendencies.  The Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) measures an individual's aggressive responses and his or her ability to channel those responses in a safe and constructive manner.  Because it takes just 10... READ MORE

Contact PAA today to establish your MHS Online Assessment Centre Account for online testing and reporting. Author Raymond DiGiuseppe, PhD and Raymond Chiop Tafrate, PhD Description The Anger Regulation and Expression Scale (ARES) is a comprehensive, self-report measure of angry thoughts, emotions and behaviours in youth aged 10 to 17 years.  Derived from the Anger Disorder Scales... READ MORE

ASRS DSM-5 Scoring Update - June 2014 The ASRS has been updated to provide a new scoring option for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Symptom Scales. The ASRS now has the following scoring options for the MHS Online Assessment Center and the MHS PC ASRS Scoring Unlimited Use Software:... READ MORE

Contact PAA today to establish your MHS Online Assessment Centre Account for online testing and reporting. Author Reuven Bar-On, Ph.D & James D.A. Parker, Ph.D Description Based on the BarOn model of emotional intelligence, the BarOn EQ-i:YV measures the level of emotional and social functioning in children and adolescents.  It is used by psychologists, school counsellors, social... READ MORE

Author Harold F. Burks, Ph.D. Description This second edition of the Burks Behavior Rating Scales (BBRS-2) helps you diagnose and treat children with behaviour problems.  Administered and scored in minutes, these scales identify the nature and severity of pathological symptoms in children from pre-kindergarten through Year 12 grade (ages 4 through to 18 years). This... READ MORE

Author Nick A. DeFilippis, PhD, Elizabeth McCampbell, PhD Description This portable version of the widely used Halstead Category Test (CT) allows you to distinguish individuals with brain damage from normal individuals.  The task demands of the BCT are essentially equivalent to those of the CT.  The BCT contains 208 visual stimuli that assess complex concept formation... READ MORE

Contact PAA today to set up your PARiConnect online account to utilise online administration, scoring and reporting. Authors Gerard A. Gioia, PhD; Peter K. Isquith, PhD; Steven C Guy, PhD; and Lauren Kenworthy, PhD The BRIEF 2 Interpretive Guide The BRIEF 2 Interpretive Guide is intended to facilitate the use of the BRIEF 2.  Written... READ MORE

MHS Online Assessment Center The MHS Online Assessment Center offers access to online forms, administration scoring and report generation at a fraction of the cost of traditional pencil-and-paper or PC based software assessments. If you choose to purchase online forms on the new MHS Online Assessment Center, you will: Save time, by never having to... READ MORE

Contact PAA today to set up your PARiConnect online account to utilise online administration, scoring and reporting. Authors Gerard A. Gilia, PhD, Kimberly Andres Espy, PhD, Peter K. Isquith, PhD Description The observations of parents and teachers provide a wealth of information about a child's behaviour that is directly relevant to an understanding of that... READ MORE

Authors Peter K. Isquith, PhD, Gerard A. Gioia, PhD, and PAR Staff Description The BRIEF Software Portfolio-Preschool Module (BRIEF-P SP) is used to score and generate Interpretive, Feedback and Protocol Summary Reports for the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool Version (BRIEF-P) exclusively.  After the clinician's entry of an individual's item or scale raw scores,... READ MORE

Contact PAA today to set up your PARiConnect online account to utilise online administration, scoring and reporting. Authors Bruce A. Bracken, Ph.D, and Lori K. Keith, Ph.D Description The CAB is an objective, comprehensive and highly reliable behaviour rating scale that is closely aligned with current diagnostic criteria found in the DSM-IV-TR™ and IDEA. Features... READ MORE

Author Bruce A. Bracken, PhD, Karen Howell, PhD, PAR Staff Description The CAD-SP scores and profiles an individual's performance on the CAD Rating Form. After hand-entry of an individual's demographic information and item responses, the software generates a CAD Score Report, which includes a: Score Summary Table for the Symptom scales; Score Summary Table for... READ MORE

Authors Eric Schopler, Ph.D., Mary E. Van Bourgondien, Ph.D., Glenna Janette Wellman, Ph.D., and Steven R. Love, Ph.D. Description Since its original publication, the CARS has become one of the most widely used and empirically validated autism assessments.  It has proven especially effective in discriminating between children with autism and those with severe cognitive deficits... READ MORE

Authors Jeffrey M. Halperin, PhD and Kathleen E. McKay, PhD Description The prevalence of aggression among youth continues to increase at an alarming rate. With youth violence accounting for 1 in every 12 murders that occurred in the U.S. in 2002 (Snyder & Sickmund, 2006), and 33% of U.S. high school students in 2003 reporting... READ MORE

Authors Jeffrey M. Halperin, PhD, Kathleen E. McKay, PhD, and PAR Staff Description The CAS-SP provides users with unlimited scoring and report generation of an individual's performance on the CAS Rating Forms (i.e. Parent, Teacher). After demographic information and item raw scores are manually entered from an individual's completed Rating Form, the CAS-SP generates a... READ MORE