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Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC)

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Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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Behavior; Behavioral assessment; Diagnosis; Psychopathology

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The Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC-2; Reynolds & Kamphaus, 2004) is a multimethod, multidimensional system of related instruments used to evaluate the behavior and self-perceptions of children, adolescents, and young adults aged 2 through 25 years. The BASC-2 is multimethod in that it has the following components, which may be used individually or in any combination:

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    Two rating scales, one for teachers (Teacher Rating Scales, or TRS) and one for parents (Parent Rating Scales, or PRS), which gather descriptions of the child’s observable behavior, each divided into age-appropriate forms

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    A self-report scale (Self-Report of Personality, or SRP), on which the child or young adult can describe his or her emotions and self-perceptions

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    A Structured Developmental History (SDH) form

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    A form for recording and classifying directly observed classroom behavior (Student...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Texas A&M Universuty, 704 Harrington Tower, 77843-4225, College Station, TX, USA

    Cecil R. Reynolds

  2. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Randy W. Kamphaus

  3. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Kimberly J. Vannest

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA

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  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

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Reynolds, C.R., Kamphaus, R.W., Vannest, K.J. (2011). Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC). In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_1524

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