The BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-3 BESS) offers a reliable, quick, and systematic way to determine behavioural and emotional strengths and weaknesses of children and adolescents in preschool through high school.
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BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System
BASC-3 BESS
The BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-3 BESS) offers a reliable, quick, and systematic way to determine behavioural and emotional strengths and weaknesses of children and adolescents in preschool through high school.Overview
Ordering
Product Details
- Publication date:
- 2015
- Age range:
- 3:0 - 18:11 (Teacher and Parent); 8:0 — 18:11 (Self-Report)
- Reading Level:
- Parent Form — Year 7; Student Form — Year 3
- Scores/Interpretation:
- T scores, percentiles, for a general population
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
- 5-10 minutes
- Scoring options:
- Q-global™ Web-based Administration, Scoring, and/or Reporting, or Manual Scoring.
Q-global™ Web-based Administration, Scoring, and Reporting – Enables you to quickly assess and efficiently organize examinee information, generate scores, and produce accurate comprehensive reports all via the Web.
The BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System is designed for schools, mental health clinics, pediatric clinics, communities, and researchers to screen for a variety of behavioral and emotional disorders that can lead to adjustment problems.
Benefits
- Assess a wide array of behaviors that represent both behavioral problems and strengths.
- Use forms that can be completed in approximately five minutes or less, without the need for specialized training.
- Utilize Spanish-language versions of the parent and student self-report forms.
- Use Total Score on the report that is a reliable and accurate predictor of a broad range of behavioral, emotional and academic problems.
- Explore indexes that identify responses that may be overly negative or inconsistent.
Features
The BASC-3 BESS consists of three brief forms that range from 25 to 30 items and can be completed by teachers, parents, or students.
- Teacher form with two levels: Preschool (for ages 3 through 5) and Child/Adolescent (for Grades K through 12)
- Student self-report form with one level: Child/Adolescent (for Grades 3 through 12)
- Parent form with two levels: Preschool (for ages 3 through 5) and Child/Adolescent (for Grades K through 12)
- Requires no formal training for the raters and can be administered in just 5-10 minutes.
- Normed on a representative sample that closely matches recent U.S. Census population characteristics.
See the BASC-3 brochure to learn more.
Sample Reports
The following sample reports are available for BASC-3 BESS.
