Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents Kit

Product Name: Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (RSCA) Kit
Primary Focus: Assessment of personal strengths and vulnerabilities in children and adolescents
Target Population: Individuals aged 9 to 18 years
How it aids understanding or diagnosis: Provides a standardized tool to profile personal strengths and vulnerabilities, aiding in the identification of resilience factors that influence outcomes in various disorders.
Main Function: Measures key attributes critical for resilience, including optimism, self-efficacy, adaptability, trust, support, comfort, tolerance, sensitivity, recovery, and impairment.
How it helps tailor support: Offers insights into a child’s or adolescent’s resilience profile, informing personalized intervention strategies and support planning.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Assessment: Evaluates a wide range of personal attributes critical for resilience.

• Quick Administration: Each scale takes approximately 5 minutes to complete.

• Standardized Scoring: Provides T scores for global scales and scaled scores for subscales.

• Normative Data: Normed with the Beck Youth Inventories-Second Edition to link a Resiliency Profile with specific symptoms for more targeted treatment planning.

Key Features:

• Age Range: Designed for individuals aged 9 to 18 years.

• Format: Paper-based assessment.

• Qualification Level: B (requires appropriate qualifications for purchase).

• Contents: Includes Administration Manual and 25 Combination Scales Booklets.

• Reading Level: Third-grade reading level allows use with those who have special needs, including reading difficulty.

Scales Included:

• Sense of Mastery Scale: Assesses optimism, self-efficacy, and adaptability.

• Sense of Relatedness Scale: Assesses trust, support, comfort, and tolerance.

• Emotional Reactivity Scale: Assesses sensitivity, recovery, and impairment.