Determining Evidence-Based Outcomes in School-Aged Youth: Free-Access Instruments for School Counselor Use. Issue 1 (January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bardhoshi, Gerta; Cobb, Nicole; Erford, Bradley T.
• Is Part Of: Professional school counseling. Volume 22:Issue 1b(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-01
• Subjects: assessment -- counseling instruments -- outcome measures; Educational counseling -- United States -- Periodicals; Educational counseling; United States; Periodicals; 371.4
• DOI: 10.1177/2156759X19834431
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1096-2409

Abstract

School counselors must demonstrate effectiveness of counseling services in a cost-effective manner. This article reviews and applies commonly used, free-access assessment instruments for use with school-aged youth to provide evidence of effective individual, small-group, and large-group interventions. We present instruments assessing depression, anxiety, disruptive behavior, and trauma, so that school counselors can learn basic administration, scoring, interpretation procedures, and psychometric utility to allow immediate use with diverse students.