The ASEBA Approach

The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) offers a comprehensive approach to assessing adaptive and maladaptive functioning. Developed through decades of research and practical experience to identify actual patterns of functioning, the ASEBA provides professionals with user-friendly tools.

Numerous studies demonstrate significant associations between ASEBA scores and both diagnostic and special education categories. You can relate ASEBA directly to DSM-5 diagnostic categories by using the DSM-oriented scales for scoring ASEBA forms.

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Why ASEBA?

Sets the standard for integrated multi-informant assessment
Culturally diverse worldwide applications; translations in over 100 languages
Multi-informant assessment for ages 1½-90+
Multicultural scoring for ages 1½-90+

Widely used in mental health services, research, schools, medical settings, child and family services, HMOs, public health agencies, child guidance, and training programs
Comparable scales across wide age ranges
Used in national surveys to track development and predict competencies and problems

Supported by extensive research on service needs and outcomes, diagnosis, prevalence of problems, medical conditions, treatment efficacy, genetic and environmental effects, and epidemiology
For a comprehensive picture of the ASEBA, see The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA): Development, Findings, Theory, and Applications.