Resources & Instruments

My lab develops and shares free resources and instruments for supporting evidence-based practice in schools and other youth mental health service settings. Most of these resources are based on our own research. But some are based on others' research, which we have tried to organize or extend in some useful way.

All resources on this page are licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which means there is no need to pay nor to ask permission prior to use. There are some conditions, however, so please do read and adhere to the terms of this license.

Brief Rating Scales

My lab has developed and helped validate several brief rating scales that can be used for measuring key mental health indicators in schools and other youth mental health service settings. Below are links to and brief descriptions of these instruments.

Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. The SSWQ is a 16-item, self-report rating scale for assessing youths' school-specific wellbeing. It has four subscales—Joy of Learning, School Connectedness, Educational Purpose, and Academic Efficacy—that can combine to make a general Student Wellbeing composite scale. For more on the SSWQ, see the User Guide on this website.

Youth Internalizing & Externalizing Problems Screeners. The YIEPS is a 20-item, self-report rating scale for assessing youths’ broad mental health problems. It has two sub scales—internalizing problems and externalizing problems—that can combine to make a Global Mental Health Problems composite scale.

Student Wellbeing Teacher Report Scale. The SWTRS is a 12-item, teacher-report rating scale for assessing youths’ school-specific wellbeing. It has three subscales—Academic Wellbeing, Emotional Wellbeing, Social Wellbeing—that can combine to make a Total Student Wellbeing composite scale.

Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. The TSWQ is an 8-item, self-report rating scale for assessing teachers’ school-specific wellbeing. It has two subscales—Teaching Efficacy and School Connectedness—that can combine to make a general Teacher Wellbeing composite scale.

College Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. The CSSWQ is a 16-item, self-report rating scale for assessing college students’ wellbeing. It has four subscales—Academic Satisfaction, Academic Efficacy, School Connectedness, and College Gratitude—that can combine to make a general College Student Wellbeing composite scale.