The Emotional Disturbance Decision Tree™–Parent Form (EDDT™-PF) is based on the EDDT, adding a parental perspective in the evaluation of children for emotional disturbance (ED). This standardized, norm-referenced assessment tool helps gain invaluable insights into a child's emotional and behavioral functioning from the parent's viewpoint, ensuring a holistic approach to identifying children who qualify for special education under the ED category. The EDDT-PF complements the EDDT and EDDT-SR, providing a multi-faceted view of a child's emotional and behavioral health by incorporating parental input. This tool is essential for professionals aiming to develop effective, individualized education plans and interventions.
Features
Standardized Parental Ratings: Provides a standardized approach to gaining parental ratings that directly map onto the federal criteria for special education and helps you understand the parent’s perspective on his or her child’s functioning in the areas that make up these criteria.
Includes four ED characteristic-based scales: Inability to Build or Maintain Relationships, Inappropriate Behaviors or Feelings, Pervasive Mood/Depression, and Physical Symptoms or Fears.
Aligned with Federal Criteria: Scales reflect the federal criteria from the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations and IDEA for qualifying for special education services.
Multi-Rater Summary: Multi-Rater Summary Forms can be used in conjunction with the EDDT and EDDT-SR to review responses from multiple raters over time to create a well-rounded picture of an individual's functioning.
Reliable and Valid: Ensures accurate and consistent assessment results that can be trusted for making educational and therapeutic decisions.
Available in Spanish: The EDDT-PF Item Booklets and Response Booklets have been translated into U.S. Spanish. These products use English norms only.
Test structure
Screening items are included within Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Possible Psychosis/Schizophrenia, and Social Maladjustment clusters.
The Level of Severity cluster provides an indication of the severity of emotional-behavioral problems a child is facing.
In a departure from the pathology focus that predominates in most behavior rating scales, the Motivation cluster and the Resilience scale measure student strengths, allowing the parent to communicate positive information about his or her child and helping you guide intervention and develop recommendations.
Technical information
The normative sample of 889 children was well matched to U.S. Census statistics. In addition, data were collected on a sample of 430 children eligible for special education due to an ED diagnosis.
Internal consistency was high for scales (median r = .81) and clusters (median r = .91), test-retest reliability was high for scales (median r = .95) and clusters (median r = .96), and interrater reliability was good (r = .87) for the total score.
Convergent validity was examined with the BASC 2 PRS, Conners Parent Scale, CDS, DTCEP, and PBRS. Validity was also examined among children with various special education needs, ADHD, social maladjustment, and psychosis.
Age Range: 5 years to 18 years
What's In The Box
EDDT-PF Introductory Kit: Includes EDDT-PF Professional Manual, 25 Response Booklets, 25 Reusable Item Booklets, and 25 Score Summary Booklets.
EDDT/EDDT-PF Combination Kit: Includes EDDT Introductory Kit and EDDT-PF Introductory Kit.
How To Use It The EDDT-PF is a paper-and-pencil assessment that takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete and 10 minutes to score. It is intended for use by professionals who are trained in psychological assessment (Level B).
