The SCICA maximizes the value of interviews with a flexible user-friendly protocol, plus forms on which interviewers rate their observations and children’s self-reports during the interview. The SCICA Profile displays raw scale scores and clinical T scores for ages 6-11 and 12-18.

The SCICA Protocol provides open-ended questions covering children’s activities and school performance, peer relations, family relations, self perceptions, feelings, and parent/teacher-reported problems.

Interviewers rate the child on the SCICA Observation and Self-Report Forms. The SCICA scales are normed on 686 clinically referred children. Mean test-retest reliability was .78 across all SCICA scales.

Sample Forms

The ADM module generates computer-scored profiles and narrative reports. A training video and computer software help trainees learn SCICA rating procedures by comparing their ratings of interview segments with ratings by experienced interviewers.

SCICA Scales

Empirically Based Syndrome Scales: Anxious* Withdrawn/Depressed* Language/Motor Problems* Attention Problems* Self-Control Problems* Anxious/Depressed** Aggressive/Rule-Breaking** Somatic Complaints** *Based on interviewers’ observations **Based on interviewees’ self-reports

DSM-oriented Scales: Affective Problems Anxiety Problems Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems (Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity subscales) Oppositional Defiant Problems Conduct Problems