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California Psychological Inventory - CPI
This was developed as a means to evaluate an individual’s interpersonal behavior and social interactions. It provides information concerning an individual’s character and interpersonal values and predicts how one will behave in certain social situations.
Self-directed Search - SDS
This is a career assessment based on the Holland codes. The test is comprised of questions related to one’s aspirations, skills, and interests in different occupations.
Motivational Appraisal for Personal Potential - MAPP
This is a career-testing instrument
Dimensions of Stressful Events Rating Scale (DOSE)
Specifically designed for children. Identifies characteristics specific to stressful/traumatic events.
When Bad Things Happen Scale (WBTH)
Designed for children ages 8 and older. Measures for childhood PTSD.
Dissociative Subtype of PTSD Scale (DSPS)
The DSPS is a 15-item measure that assesses lifetime and past-month (current) dissociative symptoms, including symptoms that meet the DSM-5 definition of the dissociative subtype of PTSD.
Vineland Adaptive Behavioral Scales - VABS
This instrument is used to diagnose/classify intellectual and developmental disabilities
Peabody Individual Achievement Test - PIAT
Individual measure of academic achievement
Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptoms Measure
Measures of the presence and severity of symptoms over the past two weeks
Level 2 Cross-Cutting Symptoms Measure
Measures the presence and severity of symptoms within pure psychiatric domains during the past seven days
Blessed Information-Memory-Concentration Test - BIMC
Routinely administered to patients >=55 years old but may be used whenever a screen for cognitive disability if clinically indicated, such as known history of head trauma.
Adjective Checklist - ACL
An assessment used to identify common psychological traits. The checklist contains adjectives that people select to describe themselves (or someone else).
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing - CISD
This is an intervention protocol developed specifically for dealing with traumatic events. It is a formal, highly structured, and professionally recognized process for helping those involved in a critical incident to share their experiences, vent emotions, and learn about stress reactions and symptoms.
Life Stressor Checklist
Looks at trauma-related events over the course of one’s life.
Taylor Johnson Temperament Analysis - TJTA
Assessing the influence of an individual’s personal characteristics in relationships
Kegel Exercises
An exercise specifically designed to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. This can help you improve erection angle, improve erection quality, give more intense orgasm, indirectly enlarge the penis, aid in curing incontinence, and premature ejaculation.
Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales - FACES
Used for couples and families to assess cohesion and flexibility.
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
A medical scale used for measuring symptom severity of patients with schizophrenia
Self-control Rating Scale - SCRS
A measure of generalized cognitive behavioral self-control in children. Grades 3-6.
The Vanderbilt Assessment Scale
This 55-question assessment tool reviews symptoms of ADHD. It also looks for other conditions such as conduct disorder, oppositional-defiant disorder, anxiety, and depression