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National Clearinghouse on Homeless Youth and Families

Search Screening & Assessment Tools for RHY Programs


library searchThis web page helps you easily search and access screening and assessment tools relevant to serving youth and young adults. It allows you to search by various criteria to narrow a review of some 120 plus tools. After entering your search criteria, click the "Apply" button and the results will display in a table below and in a spreadsheet you can download by clicking the "CSV" button.

These screening and assessment tools have been compiled by NCHYF to assist youth-serving programs in reviewing and assessing the needs of youth, young adults, and children, relevant to the Division of Runaway and Homeless Youth’s Performance Standards. The tools listed in this database have been pre-screened for relevance but are not endorsed by the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) and the information contained herein is not an exhaustive list.

Title Subject Population Age Required Reading Level Language Qualifications required for staff to administer the tool? Cost of materials free,$- $0 to 99,$$- $100 to199,$$$- $200 & up
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire:A Retrospective Self-Report (CTQ) Trauma History and Symptoms 12 - 100 English

Yes

$$
Trauma and Attachment Belief Scale (TABS) Trauma History and Symptoms 9 - 100 English

Yes

$$
Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) Trauma History and Symptoms 8 - 16 English, Spanish

Yes

$-$$$
Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children Screening Form (TSCC-SF) Trauma History and Symptoms 8 - 17 English, Spanish

Yes

$
Trauma Symptom Inventory-Second Edition (TSI-2) Trauma History and Symptoms 18 - 88 English

Yes

$$-$$$
Career Assessment Inventory-The Enhanced Version Vocation/Career Interests 15 - 100

8th grade reading level

English, Spanish

Yes

$
Career Assessment Inventory-The Vocational Version Vocation/Career Interests 15 - 100

8th grade reading level

English, Spanish

Yes

$
Picture Interest Career Survey,Second Edition (PICS) Vocation/Career Interests 10 - 65 English

No

$
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) Mental Health and Overall Well-Being 13 - 80 English, Spanish

Yes

$$
Career Interests,Preferences,and Strengths Inventory (CIPSI) Vocation/Career Interests 11 - 22

3rd grade reading level

English

No

Free
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA),Version 4.2 Mental Health and Overall Well-Being 9 - 17 English

Yes

Free
Child and Adolescent Risk Evaluation Assessment (CARE-2) Mental Health and Overall Well-Being 6 - 19 English

Info not available

$
Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) Mental Health and Overall Well-Being 5 - 18 English, Spanish

Info not available

Info Not Available
Child/Youth Resiliency:Assessing Developmental Strengths (C/YR:ADS)Questionnaire Mental Health and Overall Well-Being -

Info not available

English

No

Free
Children's Functional Assessment Rating Scale (CFARS)& Functional Assessment Rating Scale (FARS) Mental Health and Overall Well-Being 0 - 80 English

Yes

Free