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The SAMHSA-funded National Child Traumatic
Stress Network (NCTSN) has prepared and released a free online
searchable database that provides clinicians and researchers
with in-depth information to enable them to choose the best
instrument to assess children and adolescents who have experienced
trauma.
The Measures Review Database fills an important gap in the
field. The purpose of the database is to promote the use of
state-of-the-art measures for improved clinical intervention
and research on child trauma.
The database currently provides information
on 62 assessment tools for different populations, including
children and adolescents as well as parents and caregivers.
Reviews indicate the degree to which a specific assessment
tool has been used with diverse cultural and ethnic groups
and with children exposed to different types of traumas. Additional
assessment tools will be added to the database in the coming
months.
Each database review provides the following
information:
- A general description of the measure
- Domains the measure assesses
- Evidence validating or supporting the
measure's use
- Scoring and interpretation of test results
- Available languages and psychometrics
of translated versions
- Age range
- Summary of studies that have used the
measure
- Training for administration and scoring
of the measure
- Pros and cons of using each measure
- Information on how to obtain the measure.
For more information about the Measures
Review Database and other topics related to child traumatic
stress, visit www.nctsn.org.
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