SCAS PARENT – Automatic Scoring Form - The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

The templates for the Parent SCAS are new. They have been trialled by the author and several site users and I thank them for their feedback. However, if you detect and errors or problems please could you let the author know. Thank you.

The .pdf documents available for download will automatically score the Parent SCAS questionnaire and help to calculate Total score, Subscale scores, and corresponding T-scores. The original version of these fillable forms were developed by Abel Chapa ( M.Ed., LPC-S) and we are grateful to him for making these available to others.

If anyone has the skills and wishes to develop a version that can be used on mobile phones and tablets and that you are willing to share with other clinicians and researchers around the world free of charge, please contact the author. It would make a wonderful contribution to this site.

important!!!

The automatic scoring questionnaires are designed to be used from a file stored locally on your computer or laptop. They do not work on a tablet, mobile device or in PDF preview - it will not calculate or save. Also please do not try to enter the data directly onto the website when you open the file as it will not save the data nor compute. To generate Total and Sub-scale scores and the T-Score please DOWNLOAD the form from the file saved locally on your computer. Please follow the instructions provided below.

how to use the AUTOMATIC SCORING FORM

8 STEPS TO DOWNLOADING AND USING THE AUTOMATIC SCORING FORM

*Please note the form does not save or calculate your data on this site or in PDF Preview.

Download appropriate PDF file from links in sidebar
Save the file to the desktop of your computer, giving it a new file name before using it.
Make a new copy of the file for each client, making sure to press RESET to delete prior data before saving your copy. Name the new file and save it for that client ID before use.
The clinician enters the client's name, clinician name, date, file number etc. ( Free text boxes are also available to record both patient / clinician name, date of completion, file number and any other relevant clinical information such as specific phobias.)
The parent then enters their data. ( Clicking the arrow on the corresponding item drop-down box to select their response. Highlighting and clicking the relevant response option selects the answer to each item.)
Check that all questions have been answered.
When the form has computed the scores for sub-scales and total score on the final page, you need to click on the pull-down menu in the next box to manually enter the score range. *Please note: you need to manually enter the score range, it is not automatic.
After you have entered the score range, the form will tell you the T-score range.
To save the results, press print and save as a .pdf file.

INTERPRETATION

T-Scores above 60 are considered elevated. Further information about T-Scores and interpretation are provided on the T-Score tab on this site.

Please note this tool is not intended to be used on its own as a diagnostic measure. Rather, it is designed for use either as a screening measure to identify those with elevated anxiety symptoms or for use in partnership with a structured clinical interview for diagnostic purposes. It also provides a valuable means of assessing change in anxiety symptoms over time.