Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC) Screening Answer Sheets

The Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC) is an instrument designed for the assessment of trauma-related symptoms in young children aged 3 to 12 years. It helps clinicians and caregivers gain a better understanding of how traumatic events such as child abuse, peer assault, and community violence affect a child’s psychological well-being.

This tool provides professional teams with a framework that facilitates early identification and diagnostic evaluation of trauma symptoms and allows them to tailor therapeutic interventions to the child’s specific trauma profile and developmental stage.

Benefits:

• Valid and easy administration: Caretakers rate 90 symptoms on a four-point frequency scale based on the previous month.

• Comprehensive clinical scales: Eight clinical scales plus a summary scale cover anxiety, depression, anger/aggression, PTSD symptoms, dissociation, and sexual concerns.

• Reliable validity checks: Includes specific scales to assess the accuracy of caretaker reports.

• Age and gender norms: Separate norms for males and females and three age groups (3-4, 5-9, and 10-12 years) ensure precise interpretation.

Key Features:

• Broadband trauma assessment: First fully standardized measure designed specifically for young children exposed to trauma.

• PTSD Diagnosis Worksheet: Helps evaluate PTSD criteria for a possible diagnosis.

• Predictive validity: Scale patterns predict different trauma exposures, supported by multiple research samples.

• Caregiver-report format: Focuses on caretaker observations for accessible and practical use.