The Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 (BASC-2), a revision of the original BASC, is a multi-method and multidimensional assessment. In the revision of this assessment there were multiple changes “designed to evaluate various aspects of behavior and personality, including positive adaptive as well as negative clinical dimensions” (Myers et al, 2010). In 2004, AGS Publishing and Pearson Assessments published this psychological test. In hopes of creating an assessment that was useful in observing behavior and self-perception, Cecil R. Reynolds and Randy W. Kamphaus created the BASC-2 in English and Spanish. Furthermore, this assessment is only available to individuals who are trained or certified by a recognized institution, with a minimum
…show more content…
The report is proctored by a trained professional and is administered to children age’s six to seven and they are asked a series of questions. This interview normally takes approximately twenty to thirty minutes. During this interview, the child is asked various questions in order to gauge their emotions and self-perception. This interview is scored in a 2-point response format (T for True or F for False) and a 4-point response format (N for Never, S for Sometimes, O for Often, or A for Almost Always). Then the items are assigned a numerical value. Essentially the N, O, S, and A correspond with 0, 1, 2, and 3 points (Reynolds & Kamphaus, …show more content…
This sample came from two hundred and fifty seven cities and forty states. The children that were in the general sample came from various settings such as public schools, private schools, mental health clinics and hospitals, preschools and day cares. This sample was “designed to resemble the population with respect to age, sex, socioeconomics status, and race/ethnicity of the U.S population estimates taken from the March 2001 current population survey” (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 2004). This was done so that the norm sample would make the TRS, PRS, and the SPR comparable. This sample included an even mix of both males and females. This sample included African Americans, Hispanic, White and Other individuals; a specific break down of race/ethnicity wasn’t presented in the BASC-2
The report is proctored by a trained professional and is administered to children age’s six to seven and they are asked a series of questions. This interview normally takes approximately twenty to thirty minutes. During this interview, the child is asked various questions in order to gauge their emotions and self-perception. This interview is scored in a 2-point response format (T for True or F for False) and a 4-point response format (N for Never, S for Sometimes, O for Often, or A for Almost Always). Then the items are assigned a numerical value. Essentially the N, O, S, and A correspond with 0, 1, 2, and 3 points (Reynolds & Kamphaus, …show more content…
This sample came from two hundred and fifty seven cities and forty states. The children that were in the general sample came from various settings such as public schools, private schools, mental health clinics and hospitals, preschools and day cares. This sample was “designed to resemble the population with respect to age, sex, socioeconomics status, and race/ethnicity of the U.S population estimates taken from the March 2001 current population survey” (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 2004). This was done so that the norm sample would make the TRS, PRS, and the SPR comparable. This sample included an even mix of both males and females. This sample included African Americans, Hispanic, White and Other individuals; a specific break down of race/ethnicity wasn’t presented in the BASC-2