Study instruments and tools must be provided at the time of protocol submission. Information that establishes the validity of the instrument/tool should be included in the protocol.
Information about the validation of study tools assists the IRB in its deliberations about the scientific validity of the proposed study.
Additional Considerations: Study Instruments That Ask Sensitive Questions"
Study instruments that include sensitive information - questions about alcohol/illicit drug use, aggressive/violent behavior and/or illegal behavior - can place subjects at risk. The IRB will usually require that investigators obtain a Certificate of Confidentiality to ensure that risks to subjects are minimized for the following instruments:
- Child Behavior Checklist - Youth Self-Report (CBCL-YSR) which includes questions about alcohol use and aggression;
- Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) which includes alcohol use, theft and aggression;
- Psychological Assessment Tool (PAT)
- Survey of Well-Being of Young Children (SWYC)
- K-SADS-PL with includes questions about alcohol, tobacco and PTSD symptoms.
Accepted Validated Measures
To minimize effort and to avoid duplication, the IRB provides a listing of study measures that are considered validated and for which, the CTRC maintains a copy. In addition, tests not maintained by the CTRC but that have been accepted as validated are listed below.
There is no need to attach a study instrument/tool to the eIRB system if it is included in the listing on this page.
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Aberrant Behavior Checklist, Version 2 | ABC-2 website | ABC-2 |
| Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment | ASEBA website | ASEBA |
| Child Behavior Checklist | CBCL Ages 1½ - 5 and CBCL Ages 6 - 18 | CBCL |
| ASEBA Caregiver-Teacher Report 1.5-5 yrs | CTR | |
| ASEBA Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 yrs | CBCL | |
| ASEBA Child Behavior Checklist 4-18 yrs | CBCL | |
| ASEBA Child Behavior Checklist 6-18 yrs | CBCL | |
| ASEBA Teacher Report Form 6-18 yrs TR | ||
| ASEBA Youth Self-Report 11-18 yrs YSR | ||
| Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-II | ABAS-II | |
| ABAS-II Parent Form 0-5 yrs | ||
| ABAS-II Parent Form 5-21 yrs | ||
| ABAS-II Parent Form 16-89 yrs | ||
| ABAS-II Teacher/Daycare Provider Form 2-5 yrs | ||
| ABAS-II Teacher Form 5-21 yrs | ||
| Adaptive Behavior Scale - School, 2nd Edition | ABS-S:2 | |
| Examination Booklet | ||
| Profile/Summary Form | ||
| Ages and Stages Questionnaire | ASQ | |
| Animal Naming Forms | ||
| Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised | WPS edition | ADI-R |
| Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule | ADOS | |
| Autism Observation Scale for Infants | AOSI | |
| Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition | BASC-3 website | BASC-3 |
| Bayley Scale of Infant Development-II | BSID-II | |
| BSID-II Mental Scale Record Form | ||
| BSID-II Motor Scale Record Form | ||
| BSID-II Behavior Scale Record Form | ||
| Bayley Scale of Infant Development-III | BSID-III | |
| BSID-III Record Form | ||
| BSID-III Caregiver Report | ||
| BSID-III Social-Emot Adapt Bx Questionnaire | ||
| Bayley Scale of Infant Development-III Screening Test | ||
| BSID-III Screening Form | ||
| Beck Depression Inventory-II | BDI-II | |
| Beery-Buktenica Dev. Test of Visual-Motor Integration-IV | VMI | |
| Beery-Buktenica Dev. Test of Visual-Motor Integration-V | VMI | |
| Beery VMI-V 2-18 yrs (Full Form) | Beery VMI-V 2-18 yrs (Full Form) | VMI-FF |
| Beery VMI-V 2-7 yrs (Short Form) | Beery VMI-V 2-7 yrs (Short Form) | VMI-SF |
| Beery VMI-V Visual Perception 2-18 yrs | Beery VMI-V Visual Perception 2-18 yrs | VMI-VP |
| Beery VMI-V Motor Coordination 2-18 yrs | Beery VMI-V Motor Coordination 2-18 yrs VMI-MC | |
| Behavior Assessment System for Children | BASC | |
| Parent Rating Scales 2.5-5 | PRS-P | |
| Parent Rating Scales 2.5-5 Computer Entry Form | PRS-P | |
| Parent Rating Scales 4-5 | PRS-P | |
| Parent Rating Scales 6-11 Computer Entry Form | PRS-C | |
| Parent Rating Scales 6-11 | PRS-C | |
| Parent Rating Scales 12-18 Computer Entry Form | PRS-A | |
| Self-Report 8-11 Computer Entry Forms | SRP-C | |
| Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 | BASC-2 | |
| Structured Developmental History | SDH | |
| Teacher Rating Scales - Preschool 2-5 | TRS-P | |
| Teacher Rating Scales - Child 6-11 | TRS-C | |
| Teacher Rating Scales - Adolescent 12-21 | TRS-A | |
| Parent Rating Scales - Preschool 2-5 | PRS-P | |
| Parent Rating Scales - Child 6-11 | PRS-C | |
| Parent Rating Scales - Adolescent 12-21 | PRS-A | |
| Self-Report of Personality Interview - Ages 6-7 | SRP-I | |
| Self-Report of Personality - Child 8-11 | SRP-C | |
| Self-Report of Personality - Adolescent 12-21 | SRP-A | |
| Self-Report of Personality - College 18-25 | SRP-COL | |
| Parent Feedback Report - Teacher Rating Scales | ||
| Parent Feedback Report - Parent Rating Scales | ||
| Parent Feedback Report - Self-Report of Personality | ||
| Student Observation System | SOS | |
| Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function | BRIEF | |
| BRIEF-A Informant Report | BRIEF-A | |
| BRIEF-A Self-Report Form | BRIEF-A | |
| BRIEF Parent Form | BRIEF | |
| BRIEF Teacher Form | BRIEF | |
| BRIEF-P Preschool Version | BRIEF-P | |
| Benton Test of Facial Recognition | ||
| Bracken Basic Concept Scale-R Record Forms | BRACKEN-R | |
| Record Forms | ||
| Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised | BVMT-R | |
| Benton Visual Retention Test | B-VR | |
| Brief Symptom Inventory | BSI | |
| Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire | BAPQ | |
| Buschke Selective Reminding Test | SRT | |
| SRT Form 1 5-8 | ||
| SRT Form 2 5-8 | ||
| SRT Form 1 9-12 | ||
| SRT Form 2 9-12 | ||
| SRT Form 2 13+ | ||
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| California Verbal Learning Test-II | CVLT-II | |
| CVLT-II Standard Form | ||
| CVLT-II Short Form | ||
| CVLT-II Alternate Form | ||
| California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version | CVLT-C | |
| California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version | CVLT-C | |
| Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language | CASL | |
| Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory - 4 | CASI-4R | |
| Child Behavior Checklist 6 -18 yrs | CBC | |
| Child Health Questionnaire | CHQ | |
| Parent Report Form CHQ-PF50 | ||
| Children's Communication Checklist | 2nd Edition | CCC-2 |
| Children's Depression Inventory | CDI | |
| Children's Development Inventory | CDevI | |
| CDevI Parent Booklets | ||
| CDevI Answer Sheets | ||
| CDevI Profile Forms | ||
| Children's Memory Scale | CMS | |
| CMS 5-8 yrs | ||
| CMS 9-16 yrs | ||
| Children's Inventory for Psychiatric Syndromes | ChIPS | |
| ChIPS Report Form | ||
| ChIPS Profile Form | ||
| Clinical Evalution of Language Fundamentals (3rd/4th Edition) | CELF 3 or 4 | |
| Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile | CSBS-DP | |
| Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale | C-SSRS | |
| C-SSRS Baseline | ||
| C-SSRS Since Last Visit | ||
| Conners Continuous Performance Test-II | CPT-II | |
| Conners Parent Rating Scale-Revised (S) | Conners | |
| Conners Abbreviated Symptom Questionnaire | Conners Abbrev. | |
| Controlled Oral Word Association | COWA | |
| Coping Questionnaire | CQ-C/P | |
| Cystic Fibrosis Questionaire-Revised | CFQ-R | |
| CFQ-R 12 - 13 years | ||
| CFQ-R 14 - Adult | ||
| Developmental Behavior Checklist revised 2002 | DBC-P | |
| Differential Abilities Scale | DAS | |
| Preschool Record Form | ||
| School-Age Record Form | ||
| Differential Abilities Scale-II | DAS-2 | |
| School-Age Record Form | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet A | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet B | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet C | ||
| Delis-Kaplan Executeive Function System | D-KEFS | |
| D-KEFS Alternate Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Standard Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Color-Word Inference Test | ||
| D-KEFS Design Fluency Test | ||
| D-KEFS Tower Test Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Visual Scanning | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Number Sequencing | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Letter Sequencing | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Number Letter Switching | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Motor Speed | ||
| Early Development Questionnaire | EDQ | |
| Edinburgh Handedness Inventory | Edinburgh | |
| Epworth Sleepiness Scale | modified | Epworth |
| Euro-QoL 3-level | EQ-5D-3L | |
| Expressive Vocabulary Test Record Form | EVT | |
| Finger Localization Record Form | ||
| Grooved Pegboard | GV'D PGBD | |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Handedness | HAND'DNS | |
| HAND'DNS Form 1-2:11 | ||
| HAND'DNS Form 3-4:5 | ||
| Hollingshead Socioeconomic Form | Hollingshead | |
| Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised | HVLT-R | |
| Form 1 | ||
| Form 2 | ||
| Form 3 | ||
| Form 4 | ||
| Form 5 | ||
| Form 6 | ||
| Infant Behavior Questionnaire | IBQ | |
| Judgment of Line Orientation | JLO | |
| Form A | ||
| Form H | ||
| Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Second Edition | KBIT-2 website | KBIT-2 |
| Keymath | Keymath | |
| Kiddie Continuous Performance Test | KCPT | |
| MacArthur-Bates Communicative Dev. Invent: Words & Sentences | ||
| Mullen Scales of Early Learning | MULLEN | |
| Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, 2nd Edition | MASC-2 website | MASC-2 |
| 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey | 2009 | YRBS |
| Negative Affectivity Self-Statement Questionnaire | NASSQ | |
| NEPSY | NEPSY | |
| NEPSY 3-4 Record Form | ||
| NEPSY 5-12 Record Form | ||
| NEPSY 5-12 Response Booklet 5-12 | ||
| NEPSY-II Second Edition | NEPSY-II | |
| NEPSY-II 3-4 Record Form | ||
| NEPSY-II 3-4 Response Booklet | ||
| NEPSY-II 5-16 Record Form | ||
| NEPSY-II 5-16 Response Booklet | ||
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Parent Version-Children's Inventory for Psychiatric Syndromes | P-ChIPS | |
| Parenting Stress Index | PSI | |
| Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test | PASAT | |
| Peabody Developmental Motor Scales | 2nd Edition | PDMS-2 |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test IIIA | PPVT-IIIA | |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test IIIB | PPVT-IIIB | |
| Pediatric Behavior Rating Scale 2008 | PBRS | |
| Pediatric Health Questionnaire | ||
| Pediatric Health Questionnaire Follow-up | ||
| Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory | Version 6: October 2010 | PedsQL |
| PedsQL Neuromuscular Modules | ||
| Note: all versions of the PedsQL are considered validated | ||
| Personal Census Data Form | PER-CEN | |
| Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales | PKBS | |
| Preschool Language Scale-3 | PLS-3 | |
| Purdue Pegboard | PEGBOARD | |
| Rapid Assessment of Adult Literacy in Medicine, Revised | REALM-R | |
| Rey Complex Figure Test & Recognition Trial Test Booklet | RCFT | |
| Record Form | ||
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) | SCARED | |
| SCARED Child Self-Report Version | ||
| SCARED Child Parent Version | ||
| Sensory Profile | ||
| Sensory Profile Caregiver Questionnaire | ||
| Sensory Profile Adolescent/Adult | ||
| Short Form Health Survey | ||
| Short Form (36) Health Survey v2 | SF-36 | |
| Short Form (12) Health Survey | SF-12 | |
| Social Communication Questionnaire | SCQ | |
| Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition | SRS-2 website | SRS-2 |
| Social Skills Rating System | SSRS | |
| Social Responsiveness Scale | SRS | |
| State-Trait AnxietyInventory for Children | STAIC | |
| Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition | SBIS-IV | |
| Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - Fifth Edition | SBIS-V | |
| Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire 2001 | SDQ | |
| Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents | SIPA | |
| Stroop Color and Word Test-Adult Version | STROOP | |
| Symbol Digit Modalities Test | SDMT | |
| Test of Early Language Development-III-Owned by study 1912 | TELD-III | |
| TELD-III Form A | ||
| TELD-III Form B | ||
| Test of Everyday Attention for Children | T.O.V.A. website | T.O.V.A. |
| Test of Variables of Attention | TEA-CH | |
| Theory of Mind Inventory | ToMI | |
| Tower of London-Drexler University | TOL-DX | |
| TOL-DX Child 7-15 yrs | ||
| TOL-DX Child 16+ yrs | ||
| Trail Making-Short Form | ||
| Part A | ||
| Part B | ||
| Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire | TSQM 1.4 | TSQM |
| Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test | UNIT | |
| Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales | Vineland | |
| Interview Edition Survey Form | ||
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Wechsler Adlt Intelligence Scale-III | WAIS-III | |
| WAIS-III Record Form | ||
| WAIS-III Response Form | ||
| Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence | WASI | |
| Wechsler Individual Achievement Test | WIAT | |
| WIAT Record Form | ||
| WIAT Response Form | ||
| WIAT Screener Record Form | ||
| Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-II | WIAT-II | |
| WIAT-II Record Form | ||
| WIAT-II Response Form | ||
| Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III | WISC-III | |
| WISC-III Record Form | ||
| WISC-III Symbol Search Response Booklet | ||
| WISC-III Maze Response Booklet | ||
| Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV | WISC-IV | |
| WISC-IV Record Form | ||
| WISC-IV Response Form 1 | ||
| WISC-IV Response Form 2 | ||
| Wechsler Memory Scale-III | WMS-III | |
| Wechsler Memory Scale-IV | WMS-IV | |
| WMS-IV Adult Battery (Ages 16-69) Record Form | ||
| WMS-IV Older Adult Battery (Ages 65-90) Record Form | ||
| WMS-IV Response Booklet | ||
| Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence-R | WPPSI-R | |
| WPPSI Record Form | ||
| WPPSI Mazes Booklet | ||
| WPPSI Geometric Design Sheets | ||
| Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence-III | WPPSI-III | |
| WPPSI Record Form 2.6-3.11 | ||
| WPPSI Record Form 4.0-7.3 | ||
| WPPSI Response Booklet | ||
| Wide Range Achievement of Memory and Learning | WRAML | |
| WRAML Examiner Form | ||
| WRAML Picture & Memory Response Form | ||
| Wide Range Achievement of Memory and Learning-2 | WRAML2 | |
| WRAML2 Examiner Form | ||
| Wide Range Achievement Test 3 | WRAT3 | |
| Blue Test Form | ||
| Tan Test Form | ||
| Profile/Analysis Form | ||
| Wide Range Achievement Test 4 | WRAT4 | |
| Blue Test Form | ||
| Blue Response Form | ||
| Green Test Form | ||
| Green Response Form | ||
| Woodcock Johnson Cognitive Test-III | WJ-C-III | |
| Audio Recording for Forms A&B | ||
| Test Record (Std & Extended Batteries-Form A) | ||
| Subject Response Booklet | ||
| Woodcock Johnson Achievement Test-III | WJ-A-III | |
| Audio Recording for Forms A&B | ||
| Test Record (Std & Extended Batteries) | ||
| Subject Response Booklet | ||
| Woodcock Johnson Achievement Test-R | WJ-A-R | |
| WJ-A-R Test Record-Form A | ||
| WJ-A-R Subject Response Booklet-Form A | ||
| Woodcock Johnson Cognitive Test-R | WJ-C-R | |
| WJ-C-R Test Record |