Test identification
Name of test | Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales |
Subjects | Literacy, Maths |
Summary | Gain detailed diagnostic information with direct links to intervention. A multi-rater scale to measure social skills (communication, co-operation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, engagement, self-control), competing problem behaviours (externalising, bullying, hyperactivity/inattention, internalising, autism spectrum), and academic competence (reading achievement, maths achievement, motivation to learn). |
Assessment screening
Subscales | Pro-social Behaviours, Motivation to Learn, Reading Skills, Maths Skills. |
Authors | Frank M. Gresham, Stephen N. Elliott |
Publisher | The Psychological Corporation/Pearsons Clinical |
Test source | https://www.pearsonclinical.co.uk/Psychology/ChildMentalHealth/ChildADDADHDBehaviour/SocialSkillsImprovementSystem(SSiS)/SocialSkillsImprovementSystem(SSiS)RatingScales.aspx |
Guidelines available? | Yes |
Norm-referenced scores. | Yes |
Age range | 3–18 years |
Key Stage(s) applicable to | EY, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5 |
Publication date | 2008 |
Re-norming date | N/a |
Eligibility
Note whether shortlisted, and reasons why not if relevant | No recent norms available |