All
ASEBA forms, profiles, templates, software, DVDs, videos, audiotapes,
Manuals, and Guides are copyrighted and must not be reproduced
or altered without written permission from the copyright owner.
The
copyrights provide legal protection against unauthorized reproduction
and alteration of the copyrighted materials. Violation of copyrights
is punishable by fines up to $100,000, plus civil penalties.
If you wish
to reproduce our forms in order to reduce costs for a large number
of forms, you may apply to us for a large-volume discount or a
student discount by providing the specific purposes for which
the forms will be used and the number of copies of each form and
other materials that you wish to order at one time.
Besides violating
copyright law, altered versions of the rating forms are apt to
produce invalid data, because they would differ from the forms
with which the normative, validity, and reliability data were
obtained. Data obtained with altered forms would also lack comparability
with the many studies that have used the standard forms.
Although we
are occasionally asked for permission to reprint or alter our
forms, we have learned that the disadvantages greatly outweigh
the advantages for all concerned. Even when the alterations involve
only changes of typestyle or format, these may have unanticipated
effects on the respondents. Furthermore, changes that are inadvertent
or seem insignificant can have unfortunate effects. As an example,
in the Ontario Child Health Study of several thousand children,
the definition of the 0 score for CBCL problem items was changed
from Not true to Never or not true. This slight change was not
noticed by the researchers until after the data had been collected
and analyzed, yielding considerably higher problem scores for
children in Ontario than in the U.S. When the change in wording
was noticed, an experimental comparison was made between responses
by Ontario parents receiving the original CBCL wording and parents
receiving the altered wording that included the word never. This
comparison showed that inclusion of the word never produced significantly
fewer scores of 0 and significantly higher scores overall (Woodward
et al., 1989, J. Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 30, 919-924).
Another problem
with copied or altered forms is that others may use or copy them
without realizing that they are not the standard forms and that
they are violating copyright law, as well as obtaining invalid
data.
Because we
believe that the strengths of standardized procedures are lost
when they are destandardized, we do not generally grant permission
to copy or alter our forms.
Data obtained
with subsets would not be comparable to the normative, reliability,
and validity data obtained with the standard set of items. The
results obtained with subsets of items would also differ from
the results obtained with the standard sets of items that have
been used in thousands of studies.
Possible Exceptions:
1. We would
consider requests to omit up to about 8 problem items for special
reasons, e.g., omission of alcohol and sex-related items for Muslim
respondents.
2. We would
consider requests to omit open-ended responses to items that specify
"describe" (e.g., items 2, 9, 29) and to omit CBCL and
TRF items 113 that request the respondent to write in additional
problems.
3. We would
consider requests to use subsets of competence and adaptive functioning
items.
4. We would
consider requests to omit the demographic items at the beginning
of each form, although age and gender are needed to score scales
in relation to age/gender norms.
If you wish
to apply for a Site or Scoring License to reproduce our forms,
please fill out the Application Form below:
The
application process is as follows:
- Application
is completed by you
- Application
is reviewed and approved by ASEBA and quote for cost is sent
to you
- You approve
the cost
- We prepare
the agreement and send it to you
- You sign
the agreement and return it to us with the payment
- We issue
you the fully executed agreement
- After payment
is received, if you are applying to make copies of translated
forms, we will send you a PDF of the form. If you are reproducing
the form in electronic format (eg. on SurveyMonkey), you will
need to send us screen shots of the reproduction of the ASEBA
forms for our review and approval before you are able to use
the electronic system.
This process
typically takes a couple of days to a week depending on whether
we need additional information from you.
STANDARD
ASEBA SCORING OPTIONS FOR SITE LICENSES
When preparing
your project, it is important to plan ahead for scoring your data.
ASEBA offers several products to accurately produce ASEBA scores.
Standard options 1-4 below are all available from our Catalog.
Option
1 (Recommended choice): ADM (Assessment Data Manager)
We strongly recommend that you score data from ASEBA forms using
ADM (Assessment Data Manager), ASEBA's rigorously tested scoring
software. The easiest way to use ADM for scoring is to plan to
enter the responses from your paper forms directly into ADM. ADM
network licensing is available if you need simultaneous access
for multiple users.
Option
1 Extension:
If your project includes data from earlier versions of the School-age
or Preschool forms, or from the now discontinued Young Adult/18-30
forms, ADM provides an import function for these data. ADM can
produce scores using the earlier norms as well as scores using
the current norms.
What to
purchase:
One ADM module for each age group of interest (each sold separately
or a combined module of for all ages):
- School-age
module (CBCL/6-18, TRF/6-18, YSR/11-18 - includes earlier versions)
- Preschool
module (CBCL/1½-5, C-TRF/½-5 - includes earlier
versions)
- Adult module
(ABCL/18-59, ASR/18-59)
- Older Adult
module (OABCL/60-90+, OASR/60-90+)
- Test Observation
Form module (TOF/2-18)
- Semistructured
Clinical Interview for Children & Adolescents module (SCICA/6-18)
Option
2: RTS (Ratings to Scores Utility)
The Ratings to Scores Utility (RTS) software produces ASEBA scores
from data received in files with strictly defined formats. Data
from ASEBA forms that were entered using non-ADM methodologies
must be aligned in text files that you create following the format
definition provided with the RTS software. RTS is simply an import/export
utility and does not store imported data. RTS scores all current
and earlier versions of ASEBA forms except the SCICA and the DOF.
RTS does not have the multiculural norms or the new 2007 scales
for School-Age nor the 2010 new scale for Preschool forms.
Option 2 Extension: If your project includes data from earlier
versions of the School-age or Preschool forms, or from the now
discontinued Young Adult/18-30 forms, RTS can produce scores using
the earlier norms as well as scores using the current norms.
What to
purchase: Ratings to Scores Utility
Option 3: Hand-scored profiles:
You can score forms individually using paper hand-scored profiles.
Total scores, T-scores, and/or percentiles from each completed
paper profile must be manually transferred into the software application
of your choice for eventual analyses. Hand-scoring is available
only for current ASEBA forms including the DOF. Hand-scored
profiles do not have the multiculural norms or the new 2007 scales
for School-Age nor the 2010 new scale for Preschool forms.
What to
purchase (refer to our catalog for details;
all materials sold separately - current versions only):
- Hand-scored
profiles for empirically based syndromes (gender-specific by
form)
- Hand-scored
profiles for DSM-oriented scales (gender-specific by form)
- Optional
reusable templates for both types of profiles (form-specific)
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