Dr. Scheeringa has developed and validated many assessment tools, which are all available free to download from his Scheeringa Lab website. The most popular tools include:
Diagnostic Infant and Preschool Assessment. The DIPA interview is one of the few psychiatric diagnostic interviews for very young children, and the only one to have been tested in a clinical population, and the only one updated for the DSM-5.
Young Child PTSD Checklist. The YCPC is a developmentally-sensitive checklist to assess PTSD in young children that is filled out by caregivers that includes a traumatic events page, 24 symptoms and 6 items of functional impairment. It has been updated for DSM-5.
Young Child PTSD Screen. The YCPS is a 6-item screen that is a subset of the YCPC items.
Child PTSD Checklist. The CPC includes a traumatic events page, 21 symptoms and 6 items of functional impairment. It has been updated for DSM-5. There is a parent/caregiver version (CPC-P) and a child version (CPC-C).
Child and Adolescent PTSD Screen. The CAPS is a six-item quick screener that is a subset of the CPC. There is a parent/caregiver version (CAPS-P) and a child version (CAPS-C).
Trauma and Behavioral Health Screen. The TBH is a multisyndrome self-administered scale that we created for the Louisiana Child Welfare Trauma Project (LCTP). The caregiver version contains 56 items. The child version contains 48 items. The TBH yields four scale scores for (1) PTSD, (2) Internalizing, (3) ADHD, and (4) Externalizing.
Trauma Recall Narrative Styles. This tool was created in 2013 as a way to categorize how patients recall their traumatic experiences during psychotherapy sessions. Modeled on analyses of actual psychotherapy sessions, the measure combines recall of detail, expression of emotions, and inaccurate memory to describe four categories: expressive, avoidant, undemonstrative, and fabricated.
Post-trauma Inventory of Parental Style. The PIPS is a 50-item instrument that measures how parents manage children’s PTSD reactions at home with particular emphasis on avoidance, sadness, re-traumatizing, and overprotective behavior.
Disaster Experiences Questionnaire. The DEQ is a 21-item instrument that measures the wide variety of traumatic or stressful events that children can experience in disasters. It was created for the Hurricane Katrina disaster, but can be re-worded for other disasters.
Young Child PTSD Checklist. The YCPC is a developmentally-sensitive checklist to assess PTSD in young children that is filled out by caregivers that includes a traumatic events page, 24 symptoms and 6 items of functional impairment. It has been updated for DSM-5.
Young Child PTSD Screen. The YCPS is a 6-item screen that is a subset of the YCPC items.
Child PTSD Checklist. The CPC includes a traumatic events page, 21 symptoms and 6 items of functional impairment. It has been updated for DSM-5. There is a parent/caregiver version (CPC-P) and a child version (CPC-C).
Child and Adolescent PTSD Screen. The CAPS is a six-item quick screener that is a subset of the CPC. There is a parent/caregiver version (CAPS-P) and a child version (CAPS-C).
Trauma and Behavioral Health Screen. The TBH is a multisyndrome self-administered scale that we created for the Louisiana Child Welfare Trauma Project (LCTP). The caregiver version contains 56 items. The child version contains 48 items. The TBH yields four scale scores for (1) PTSD, (2) Internalizing, (3) ADHD, and (4) Externalizing.
Trauma Recall Narrative Styles. This tool was created in 2013 as a way to categorize how patients recall their traumatic experiences during psychotherapy sessions. Modeled on analyses of actual psychotherapy sessions, the measure combines recall of detail, expression of emotions, and inaccurate memory to describe four categories: expressive, avoidant, undemonstrative, and fabricated.
Post-trauma Inventory of Parental Style. The PIPS is a 50-item instrument that measures how parents manage children’s PTSD reactions at home with particular emphasis on avoidance, sadness, re-traumatizing, and overprotective behavior.
Disaster Experiences Questionnaire. The DEQ is a 21-item instrument that measures the wide variety of traumatic or stressful events that children can experience in disasters. It was created for the Hurricane Katrina disaster, but can be re-worded for other disasters.
