Based on more than 30 years of research on childhood and adolescent psychopathology, these widely used rating scales set the standard for assessing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related problems in youngsters from 3 to 17 years of age. Combining reports from teachers, parents, and adolescents themselves, the CRS-R provides a detailed and comprehensive profile of student behavior.
The basic set of Conners' scales includes Teacher and Parent Rating Scales, along with an Adolescent Self-Report Scale. These are all available in both long and short forms. The short versions are useful when time is limited or when you are planning multiple administrations over a given period. The long versions yield more detailed information and correspond to DSM-IV criteria for ADHD. They also offer color profile forms that simplify age and gender profiling, making test results and treatment progress clearer and more comprehensible.
All CRS-R scales are described below.
Teacher Rating Scale
Completed in less than 20 minutes, the long version of the Teacher Rating Scale includes 59 items covering the following subscales:
- Oppositional
- Cognitive Problems/Inattention
- Hyperactivity
- ADHD Index
- Anxious-Shy
- Perfectionism
- Social Problems
- DSM-IV Symptom Subscales
- Conners' Global Index
The short version (28 items requiring just 5 to 10 minutes) is composed of the first four subscales listed above. Normative data for both versions are based on the ratings of more than 2,000 teachers.
Parent Rating Scale
The Parent Rating Scale (long version--80 items) covers the same subscales as the long version of the Teacher Rating Scale--plus a Psychosomatic subscale. The short version (28 items) includes only the first four subscales above. Norms for both long and short forms of the Parent Scale are based on the ratings of more than 2,000 parents.
Adolescent Self-Report Scale
The Adolescent Self-Report Scale (long version) includes 87 items on the following subscales:
- Family Problems
- DSM-IV Symptom Subscales
- Emotional Problems
- Conduct Problems
- Cognitive Problems/Inattention
- Hyperactivity
- ADHD Index
The short form (27 items) contains only the final four subscales listed above. Normative data for both long and short versions are based on self-reports from more than 3,000 12- to 17-year-olds.
What the CRS-R Gives You
The CRS-R Teacher and Parent Scales give you a full picture of children's behavior. Parents see their children in many situations, while teachers observe them in the classroom, within a consistent normative framework. When teacher and parent ratings are similar, you can usually establish a clear diagnosis; when they are discrepant, you can examine results to explain differences at home and at school.
The CRS-R is comprehensive not just in terms of perspective, but in terms of coverage as well. It measures not only ADHD, but also the conduct, emotional, cognitive, and family problems that often accompany it. In addition, the CRS-R includes both "internalizing" and "externalizing" items, assessing hidden emotions along with overt behaviors. The Adolescent Self-Report Scale is particularly useful in uncovering feelings that teachers and parents may miss.
All of the CRS-R scales are helpful in evaluating the effectiveness of clinical or educational interventions. They are also used for routine screening in schools, clinics, residential treatment centers, juvenile detention facilities, private practice, and managed care settings.
Normative data, collected from more than 200 schools in 45 states and 10 provinces in the U.S. and Canada, are provided separately for boys and girls, in 3-year age intervals. Information on ethnicity, sex, age, socioeconomic status, special populations, and geographic region is reported in the Manual.
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