ASSESSMENT WISE
List of Assessment Tools
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorder
Assessment for
Behavioural and Emotional Needs
Assessment Duration
10 mins - 15 mins
Paper-and-pencil
Format of test
Available Language
English
Age
9;0 - 18;0
Norm
Without Hong Kong norm
Brief introduction
SCARED is used for assessing general anxiety but it does not differentiate individual anxiety. It provides diagnostic information about the types of anxiety, and the questions cover a range of different types of anxiety.
Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Edition (RCMAS-2)
Assessment for
Behavioural and Emotional Needs
Assessment Duration
10 mins - 15 mins
Paper-and-pencil
Format of test
Available Language
English
Age
6;0 - 19;0
Norm
Without Hong Kong norm
Brief introduction
The form measures the level and nature of anxiety with a simple yes-or-no response format questionnaire. Short form is also available.
Strength and Weaknesses of ADHD Symptoms and Normal Behaviour Rating Scale (SWAN)
Assessment for
ADHD
Assessment Duration
10 mins
Paper-and-pencil
Format of test
Available Language
Chinese and English
Age
6;0 - 12;0
Norm
With Hong Kong norm
Brief introduction
The SWAN rating scale is a screening tool to detect the presence of ADHD of a child according to the feedback given by his parent and teacher through a rating scale. The child's behaviour will be compared with his peers based on observations from the previous month.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
Assessment for
Behavioural and Emotional Needs
Assessment Duration
10 mins
Paper-and-pencil
Format of test
Available Language
Chinese and English
Age
2;0 - 17;0 for Teacher and Parent Form
Norm
With Hong Kong Norm
Brief introduction
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a brief emotional and behavioural screening questionnaire for children and adolescents. Parents and teachers who are close to the students can provide information based on their observations. There are totally five scales, including emotional symptoms subscale, conduct problems subscale, hyperactivity/inattention subscale, peer relationships problem subscale and prosocial behaviour subscale.