Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children™

NEW! Our Understanding Trauma and COVID-19: What School Professionals Can Do to Help presentation provides information about the effects of quarantine, describes what to expect when students return to school, and offers ways to help. Click the Resources tab above or here to view or download. The TSCC allows you to measure posttraumatic stress and related psychological symptomatology in children ages 8-16 years who have experienced traumatic events, such as physical or sexual abuse, major loss, or natural disasters, or who have been a witness to violence.The 20-item TSCC Screening Form allows you to screen for posttraumatic symptomatology in just 5 minutes. The TSCC Screening Form consists of two subscales: General Trauma (12 items) and Sexual Concerns (8 items). Also available in Spanish. Now also available on PARiConnect!The TSCC scales are internally consistent (alpha coefficients for clinical scales range from .77 to .89 in the standardization sample) and exhibit reasonable convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity in normative and clinical samples.TSCC Test Booklets have been translated into U.S. Spanish. This product uses English norms only. The unlimited-use TSC-SP software automatically scores the TSCC, the TSCC-A, or the TSCYC™ after the client’s responses are entered by the clinician. It will generate a score report and graphic profile of the results.To learn more about the TSCC, visit the PAR Training Portal and watch an instructional video! A comprehensive list of research articles related to the TSCC is available via Mendeley, a free reference management tool. After accessing the link, you will be prompted to create an account. A white paper describing how to use this research repository can be found here. Use of this resource is encouraged to facilitate research using the TSCC family of products. Both the list and the white paper are available in the Resources tab above.

John Briere, PhD