Checklist Identification of Elementary Schoolboys for Clinical Referral or Evaluation of Eligibility for Special Education

Achenbach and Edelbrock teacher and parent checklists were used to develop a practical procedure to assist educators in determining if a boy with behavioral/emotional dysfunction in elementary school requires mental health referral or SED evaluation. SED, psychiatric outpatient, and general populati...

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Published in:Behavioral disorders 1993-05, Vol.18 (3), p.218-227
Main Authors: Mattison, Richard E., Lynch, James C., Kales, Helen, Gamble, Alan D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Behavior Rating Scales
Behavioral disorders
Cardiovascular disease
Check Lists
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child Behavior Checklist
Child behavior disorders
Child psychiatry
Child Psychology
Childhood mental disorders
Children
Children & youth
Clinical Diagnosis
Cost Effectiveness
Educational Change
Educational psychology
Elementary Education
Elementary school students
Eligibility
Emotional disorders
Emotional Disturbances
Evaluation Methods
Logistic regression
Males
Mental Disorders
Parents
Preschool Children
Psychological Patterns
Psychology
Psychometrics
Psychopathology
Referral
School Psychology
Screening Tests
Special Education
T score
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Summary:Achenbach and Edelbrock teacher and parent checklists were used to develop a practical procedure to assist educators in determining if a boy with behavioral/emotional dysfunction in elementary school requires mental health referral or SED evaluation. SED, psychiatric outpatient, and general population Caucasian boys ages 6 to 11 years were compared. Appropriately, scores for the SED and the outpatient groups were pathological and significantly greater than scores for the general population group on both checklists, while SED scores were significantly higher than outpatient scores on the teacher checklist. Logistic regression analyses showed the Total Problem scales of both checklists to be the most efficient and economical scales for classification. Finally, probability tables were constructed to distinguish SED and outpatient boys from general population boys, and SED boys from outpatient boys.
ISSN:0198-7429
2163-5307
DOI:10.1177/019874299301800303