Infant, Child, Adolescent & Family Assessments

Author Ronald R. Holden Description The HPSI consists of 36 items, with 5 point Likert scale response options and was developed to measure the three major dimensions of psychopathology underlying the MMPI and Jackson's Basic Personality Inventory. Scores are reported for these three dimensions and their respective sub-dimensions: Psychiatric Symptomatology Hypocondriasis Anxiety Thinking Disorder Social... READ MORE

Author Carl F. Jesness, Ph.D. Description The Jesness Inventory has long been recognised as a classic measure for assessing personality and delinquent profiles.  Forty years of use has confirmed its utility to validly identify and understand youth and adults along multiple dimensions.  JI-R is a re-standardised version of this tool with new norms based on large... READ MORE

A hands-on, interactive, computerized interview that is self-administered by the client or caregiver(s) Overview The JIFF® is derived from the CAFAS®, and is a hands-on, interactive, computerized interview that is either self-administered by the client or administer by the caregiver(s). The interview covers 10 life domains, represented in the 10 subscales. Does not require training—JIFF®is... READ MORE

Author C. Keith Conners, PhD. Description The K-CPT V.5 program assesses attention problems in young pre-school-age children.  Based on the CPT II V.5, the K-CPT V.5 is half the length, making it more appropriate for children of this age group.  Pictures of objects are used instead of letters to avoid confusion related to letter recognition. ... READ MORE

https://youtu.be/m9jFhSpw3tE Training Karolinska Institute in Sweden offers a specialized, remotely run training for KONTAKT® group leaders.  If you are interested in undertaking this training, please visit https://ki.se/en/kind/courses-at-kind or contact their course co-ordinator, Lisa Wilsson lisa.wilsson@ki.se Product description KONTAKT® is group social skills group training intervention for children (7 – 12 years) and adolescents (12-19 years)... READ MORE

Authors Peter M. Lewinsohn, PhD., Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, PhD., Paul Rohde, PhD., & Richard Langford, PhD. Description The Life Attitudes Schedule (LAS) assesses the degree to which individuals engage in risk-taking or suicidal behaviours.  It is based on the theoretical construct of suicide proneness: a single domain to which life-enhancing and life-threatening behaviours belong. Half of... READ MORE

Author Rudolf H. Moos, PhD Description The LISRES provides a unified framework to measure ongoing life stressors and social resources and their changes over time. Integrating these two domains in one assessment tool provides a comprehensive picture of an individual's overall life context. This inventory identifies the level of current stressors and their sources as well as... READ MORE

Authors Arthur L. Benton, PhD, Kerry deS.Hamsher, PhD, and Abigail B. Sivan, PhD Description The MAE is a relatively brief test battery designed to evaluate the presence, severity, and qualitative aspects of aphasic disorder. Three tests assess different aspects of oral expression—naming, sentence repetition and verbal associative capacity; three tests assess oral verbal understanding; one... READ MORE

Author William M. Reynolds, PhD Description The MAQ is a 40-item multidimensional self-report measure of a wide range of anxiety symptoms. Designed for use with adults ages 18-89 years, this instrument is composed of the MAQ Total scale that provides a global assessment of anxiety symptomatology and four subscales that measure Physiologic-Panic, Social Phobia, Worry-Fears,... READ MORE

Author John S. March, M.D., MPH Description A revision of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, the MASC 2 assesses the presence of symptoms related to anxiety disorders in youth aged 8 to 19 years. The measure distinguishes between important anxiety symptoms and dimensions that broadband measures do not capture. The MASC 2 aids in... READ MORE

Contact PAA today to set up your free PARiConnect online account to utilise online administration, scoring and reporting. Authors Elisabeth M. S. Sherman, Ph.D, and Brian L. Brooks, Ph.D Description The MEMRY is the first (USA) nationally standardised rating scale specifically designed to measure memory in children, adolescents, and young adults aged 5 to 21 years.... READ MORE

Author Marilyn J. Monteiro, PhD, and Sheri Stegall, PhD Description The Monteiro Interview Guidelines for Diagnosing the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition is a sensory-based process for gathering and organizing the qualitative information needed to diagnose autism in children, adolescents, and adults. The process includes guidelines for gathering information from parents/caregivers and teachers, and for conducting... READ MORE

Authors Nancy Mather, Ph.D; Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D; Janice Sammons, Ph.D; Marilyn D. Varricchio, M.Ed; Barbara J. Wendling, M.A. Description MindPlay®.  We teach reading. Reading is the key to learning. An inability to read leads to academic frustration in all subjects, impeding success in both educational and career endeavours. MindPlay® programs are designed to make learning... READ MORE

Overview Brief, economical, and easy to administer and score, the MAQ is one of the best treatment planning tools you’ll find. Administered at intake, it quickly tells you how severe the addiction is, how motivated the patient is, which treatment approach is most likely to work, what the risk of relapse is, and whether treatment... READ MORE

Authors Robert P. Archer, PhD, PAR Staff Description The unlimited-use MMPI-A Interpretive software provides comprehensive interpretive hypotheses for the MMPI-A and is designed specifically for use with adolescents ages 12-18 years. Although this is not a scoring program, it provides clinical interpretation based on T scores entered from a scored MMPI-A protocol. Information from test... READ MORE

Author Gwen A. Hawley, PhD Description This Eriksonian-based instrument provides a measure of the positive and negative attitudes associated with each of the eight developmental stages, the status of conflict resolution at each stage, and an index of overall psychosocial health. Because interpretation focuses on healthy personality development and growth instead of pathology, the MPD... READ MORE

Authors Elisabeth M.S. Sherman, PhD, and Brian L. Brooks, PhD Description The MVP is the first performance validity test (PVT) specifically designed for and nationally standardised on children, adolescents and young adults, designed to detect whether an examinee is providing valid test scores. Features and Benefits The first stand-alone validity test specifically designed for, nationally... READ MORE

The NEO Software System is also now available, which is compatible with the new NEO-3 Inventories. Additional new forms for use with the New NEO-FFI-3 are available on the New NEO-PI-3 page. Author Paul T. Costa, Jr., PhD and Robert R. McCrae, PhD Description The NEO-FFI-3, a revision of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), is a... READ MORE

The  NEO Software System is now available, which is compatible with the new NEO-3 Inventories Author Paul T. Costa, Jr., PhD and Robert R. McCrae, PhD Description The NEO-PI-3 is a revision of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R), the standard questionnaire of the FFM. It is a concise measure of the five major domains... READ MORE

CONTACT PAA for software upgrades available for previous NEO Software Modules / Combinations. Authors Paul T. Costa, Jr., PhD, Robert R. McCrae, PhD, PsyPro Corporation and PAR Staff Description  The NEO Software System is a modular system that allows you to generate free unlimited Interpretive Reports when you input responses from a completed printed administration.... READ MORE