A Method for Assessing Mental Health Concerns in

Pre-school Children

Welcome to the home page for ABLE. Behavioral and emotional difficulties can make it difficult for children to benefit from early childhood programs. Parents and teachers sometimes have concerns about a child but don’t know whether the concern is serious enough to take action. Using ABLE can help.

ABLE is a parent and teacher-report measure designed for early identification of problems of adjustment among children in pre-kindergarten program and is administered in 2 stages. The first stage or level inquires about 10 concerns reported commonly in pre-school settings and poses a set of questions that aids in determining severity if one of those concerns is reported. The second part is used to provide more specific information if the concerns expressed in Level 1 are severe enough for follow up. ABLE was developed and initially normed on a sample of over 500 children in randomly selected public sponsored pre-k programs in 5 states who were followed longitudinally in pre-k and kindergarten.

Please choose from the links on the left of the page for more information. To order the ABLE report measure, please print the order form and follow the instructions listed on it. For additional information, please send an e-mail to info@abletest.com

This website was last updated on 6/19/2005 at 7:15 PM.