Description: Assess positive social-emotional attributes of children and adolescents Focusing on a child’s strengths, the SEARS can be used with children and adolescents who exhibit a variety of clinical problems or who are at high risk for developing such problems. Features and benefits -Includes separate assessment forms for children (ages 8 to 12 years or Grades 3 to 6) and for adolescents (ages 13 to 18 years or Grades 7 to 12), as well as teacher report forms and parent report forms. The forms may be used for any combination of student, parent, and teacher assessment. -All forms measure common constructs (e.g., self-regulation, responsibility, social competence, empathy), but also include items designed to capture the unique perspective of the rater. Items are phrased as desirable positive characteristics. Test structure -Separate short forms (12 items each) are also available. SEARS-SF forms best reflect the global construct of social resiliency measured by the full-length rating forms and require very little time to administer. They are practical for repeated assessment (i.e., progress monitoring) or class- or school-wide screening of students.

Series: SEARS

Publisher: Psychological Assessment Resources

Year Published: 2011

Qualifications: Level B

Grade: age5-18

Format: KIT

Components: (SEARS Professional Manual, 25 SEARS-C Rating Booklets, 25 SEARS-A Rating Booklets, 25 SEARS-P Rating Booklets, 25 SEARS-T Rating Booklets, 25 SEARS-C Summary/Profile Forms, 25 SEARS-A Summary/Profile Forms, 25 SEARS-P Summary/Profile Forms–English & Spanish, 25 SEARS-T Summary/Profile Forms, 25 SEARS-C Short Forms, 25 SEARS-A Short Forms, 25 SEARS-P Short Forms, and 25 SEARS-T Short Forms)

Keywords: social emotional assessment;