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Assessment Tools for Adolescents

Adolescence, or the ages between approximately 12 and 19, can be a tough time for children. Understanding the needs of children during this time period can help them through their transition from childhood to adulthood. It's important to understand if your child is going through challenges, such as difficulty learning, depression or even pain. Assessment tools can help to identify any problems.
  1. General Educational Assessment

    • As a parent, your may be concerned about how your teen is performing academically. While test scores and teacher input are always a good indicators of performance, additional assessment tools can take stock of your child's abilities. Discoveryeducation.com offers teachers and parents dozens of assessment rubrics to help determine if a child's school work is below average, average, proficient or exemplary.

    Pain Assessment

    • As a parent, it can sometimes be difficult to get adolescents to express themselves. If you have concerns that your child has suffered an injury, visual, numerical and verbal pain scales may be an easy way to communicate as well as help you to assess how serious an injury is. Intelihealth.com offers parents a series of assessment tools to help determine if a child needs to see a doctor, whether it be during a sporting event or while being active around the house.

    Depression Assessment

    • Adults aren't the only ones who experience depression. Adolescents also can suffer. Familypracticenotebook.com offers a series of depression screening and assessment tools for adolescents to help parents identify signs and symptoms and know when to seek professional help in children ages 7 to 19.

    Special Needs Assessment

    • Teens may be afraid to communicate when they are having difficulty learning. Certain conditions such as dyslexia or attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) can be difficult to identify if you are unaware of the signs and symptoms. Check with the counselor at your child's school for tips on how to determine whether she has special needs.Chironeuroindy.com also offers a series of ADHD assessment tools for parents.

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