The Devereux Behavior Rating Scale (DBRS™) School Form is used to detect severe emotional disturbances in students. It is based on federal criteria and can be used by educators, psychologists, guidance counselors, and other assessment professionals
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Devereux Behavior Rating Scale | School Form
DBRS
The Devereux Behavior Rating Scale (DBRS™) School Form is used to detect severe emotional disturbances in students. It is based on federal criteria and can be used by educators, psychologists, guidance counselors, and other assessment professionalsOverview
Product Details
- Age range:
- 5:0 - 18:0
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
- 5 minutes
- Norms:
- Separate by age and sex for both parent and teacher raters
This 40-item scale is especially effective used in conjunction with other findings to monitor and evaluate progress during educational interventions, or to determine whether a seriously emotionally disturbed child or adolescent should be placed in a special education program.
Benefits
- Evaluate the existence of behaviors indicating severe emotional disturbance.
- Get normative comparisons of behaviors.
- Compare results across informants.
- Assess an individual in a variety of settings.
- Provides information for treatment planning.
- Evaluate treatment effectiveness as a pre/post measure.
Features
Two forms feature separate sets of items appropriate for children (5–12 years) and adolescents (13–18 years).
- National standardization sample of more than 3,000 cases; separate norms for males and females for both parent and teacher raters.
- Easy administration, scoring, and interpretation instructions.
- Items and directions written at the sixth grade reading level.
- Total Scale Score and Subscale Scores assist in eligibility determination.
- Subscale Scores facilitate IEP development and preferred intervention design.
- Problem Item Scores help identify specific problem behaviors for treatment.
