BASC-3
By: Kelley-Anne Lonergan
Scoring Procedures
What is the BASC-3?
Samples of Reports
Parent's Role
Flex Monitor
Student's Role
- Four types of scoring reports:
- Score Report
- Progress Report
- Multi-rater Report
- Report with Intervention Recommendations
- Can be administered web-based or on paper
- Score reports include child information, test information, norm group selection, comments or concerns, score summaries, score tables, narratives for scales and indexes
Parent Rating Scale
- Monitor the effects of a behavioral intervention that is being implemented
- Can be customized to fit intervention specific to behavior demonstrated by student
Self-report of Personality
- Used to measure both adaptive and problem behaviors in the community and home setting
- Contains 139-175 items and uses a four-choice response format
- Approximately 10-20 minutes to complete
- BASC-3 stands for Behavior Assessment System for Children
- It is a tool used to assess behavioral and emotional functioning, and identify where additional supports are needed
- It can be used in educational or clinical settings, for children 3-18 years of age
Behavioral and Emotional Skill Building Guide
Structured Development History
Behavior Intervention Guide
- Classroom and small-group activities and lessons centered around building foundation behavioral and emotional skills
- Skills include: communication, problem solving, active listening and coping strategies
- Guide can be used by teachers, counselors, psychologists, or social workers
- Assesses student's emotions and feelings
- Student completes form
- Forms is true or false questions and a four-point scale of frequency ranging from "Never" to "Almost Always."
- One form is in an interview format, and contains 14 yes/no questions asked by an interviewer. Follow-up questions may be asked if student's answer indicates possible emotional or behavioral problem
- All level forms take approximately 30 minutes to complete
- includes validity scales for helping judge the quality of completed forms
- Includes evidence-based interventions to approach behavioral and emotional problems
- Includes a tip sheet for parents with strategies to use at home to work on behavior, as well as how to be an active role in their child's treatment
- A comprehensive survey to gather background regarding student's social, psychological, developmental, educational, and medical information
- BASC-3 Rating Scales Sample Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/BASC-3-Rating-Scales-Report-Sample.pdf
- BASC-3 Rating Scales with Intervention Recommendations Sample Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/BASC-3-Rating-Scales-Report-with-Intervention-Recommendations-Sample.pdf
- BASC™-3 Rating Scales Multirater Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/basc-3-rating-scales-multirater-report-sample.pdf
- BASC-3 BESS Student Sample Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/BASC-3-BESS-Report-Sample.pdf
- BASC-3 BESS Multirater Sample Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/BASC-3-BESS-Multirater-Report-Sample.pdf
- BASC-3 PRQ interpretive Sample Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/BASC-3-PRQ-Report-Sample.pdf
- BASC-3 PRQ Multirater Sample Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/BASC-3-PRQ-Multirater-Report-Sample.pdf
- BASC-3 PRQ Progress Sample Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/BASC-3-PRQ-Progress-Report-Sample.pdf
- BASC-3 Student Observation System (SOS) Sample Report: https://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/Assets/BASC-3/BASC-3_SOS_Report_Sample.pdf
How is it Done?
- Each form includes 25-30 items, and takes approximately 5-10 minutes to complete
- Forms can be completed on paper or digitally
- Available in English and Spanish
Teacher's Role
References
Teacher Rating Scale
BASC-3 gathers information from three perspectives:
1. Self-perspective
- self-report of personality (SRP)
2. Teacher-perspective
- teaching rating scales (TRS)
- student observation system (SOS)
3. Parent-perspective
- parent rating scale (PRS)
- structured developmental history (SDH)
- parenting relationship questionnaire (PRQ)
Recommendations
What Else Makes
up the BASC-3?
- Pearson Education, (2018). About the BASC-3. Retrieved from https://www.pearsonclinical.com/education/products/100001402/behavior-assessment-system-for-children-third-edition-basc-3.html
- Used to measure adaptive and problem behaviors
- Forms describe specific behaviors, rated on a four-point scale of frequency, ranging from "Never" to "Almost Always."
- It contains 105-165 items.
- Validity and response set indexes used to help judge the quality of completed forms are also available.
I would recommend this assessment to teachers. I think there is great value in have three perspectives into a child's emotional and behavioral challenges. I also think the guides, parent tips, and lessons/activities are beneficial in planning intervention in students' areas of weakness
Cons
- Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS)
- Behavior Intervention Guide
- Behavioral and Emotional Skill Building Guide - part of the BASC–3 family of products
- Flex Monitor
Pros
- Pearson Education, (2018). BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System. Retrieve from https://www.pearsonclinical.com/education/products/100001482/basc3-behavioral-and-emotional-screening-system--basc-3-bess.html#tab-pricing
Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS)
Student Observation System
- There are many components to assessment
- Parents need to be involved in treatment to complete forms
- Clinicians record direct observations of student's behavior in classroom setting
- assesses adaptive and maladaptive behaviors
- Can be completed quickly
- Completing forms requires no formal training
- Assessment considers 3 perspectives, making it comprehensive and consistent
- Assesses a wide variety of behaviors
- Provides intervention ideas
- Reasonably Priced ($122-$420)
- Universal screening system used for measuring behavioral and emotional strengths and weaknesses
- Has three forms: teacher, student, and parent
- Teacher and Parent forms have two levels:
Preschool age 3-5 ; Child/Adolescent Grades K-12
- Student self-report form has one level: Child/Adolescent Grade K-12