SEARS™

Social Emotional Assets and Resilience Scales™

Purpose: Assesses positive social-emotional attributes of children and adolescents

Format: Paper and pencil, Online administration, Software

Age range: 5 years to 18 years

Time: 20 minutes

DETAILS:

Focusing on a child’s strengths, the SEARS can be used with children and adolescents who exhibit a variety of clinical problems or who are at high risk for developing such problems.

Features and Benefits

• Includes separate assessment forms for children (ages 8 to 12 years or Grades 3 to 6) and for adolescents (ages 13 to 18 years or Grades 7 to 12), as well as teacher report forms and parent report forms. The forms may be used for any combination of student, parent, and teacher assessment.

• All forms measure common constructs (e.g., self-regulation, responsibility, social competence, empathy), but also include items designed to capture the unique perspective of the rater. Items are phrased as desirable positive characteristics.