| The Beck Anxiety Inventory Youth of Emotional | | | | with a second grade reading level and with those |
| and Social Impairment was created by Judith S. | | | | who still don't know how to read. |
| Beck, Aaron T. Beck and John Jolly. It was | | | | The screening tools and rating scales of Beck |
| published by the Psychological Corporation in San | | | | Anxiety Inventory Youth can be used to help |
| Antonio, Texas in the year 2001. This includes five | | | | measure a young person's mental health |
| different inventories. The inventories are The | | | | symptoms, or measure progress after |
| Beck Depression Inventory for Youth, The Beck | | | | interventions are put in place at school or at |
| Anxiety Inventory for Youth, The Beck Anger | | | | home. For each screening tool or rating scale, the |
| Inventory for Youth, The Beck Disruptive | | | | age range for the instrument, who completes the |
| Behavior Inventory and The Beck Self-Concept | | | | instrument, the number of items in the instrument |
| for Inventory for Youth. This is designed to | | | | and how long it takes to complete, and whether |
| measure sadness, negative thoughts about one's | | | | free access is available on line. It is organized by |
| self and future and bodily symptoms, fearfulness, | | | | symptom and is appropriate for use with respect |
| worry, hostilities, physiological over-arousal, | | | | to a particular child. |
| perceptions of aggressive attributions of others, | | | | Reports of Beck Anxiety Inventory Youth are |
| delinquent behaviors and competency and | | | | generated in English. Upon completion of the |
| self-worth. | | | | testing, a report is prepared and a debriefing |
| The purpose of Beck Anxiety Inventory Youth is | | | | session is held in which the psychologist presents |
| to evaluate children's emotional and social | | | | the assessment results to the child, the parents, |
| impairment. It assesses maladaptive cognitions | | | | and the teacher but only upon the parents |
| and behaviors. The inventories are given to | | | | request. In this meeting, cognitive strengths and |
| children from ages 7 to 14. Each of the five | | | | weaknesses are defined and any special needs |
| inventories has 20 questions that takes from 5 to | | | | related to cognitive, educational, social or |
| 10 minutes and the whole test takes from 30 to | | | | emotional functioning are addressed. Parents and |
| 50 minutes to finish. There are no further | | | | teachers are encouraged to consult with the |
| subscales in these inventories. The scale is (0) | | | | psychologist as needed in the implementation of |
| Never, (1) sometimes, (2) often, and (3) always. | | | | specific strategies. This is if Beck Anxiety |
| These are self report inventories. They were | | | | Inventory Youth is not already applicable. |
| written so that the child would be able to read | | | | |