Conduct Disorder Scale (CDS) Complete Kit James E. Gilliam

Description Ages: 5 through 22 Testing Time: 5 to 10 minutes Administration: Individual The Conduct Disorder Scale (CDS) is an efficient and effective instrument for evaluating students exhibiting severe behavior problems who may have Conduct Disorder. It is the only test of its kind that provides standard scores for use in identifying students with Conduct Disorder. The 40 items on the CDS describe the specific diagnostic behaviors characteristic of persons with Conduct Disorder. These items comprise four subscales representing the core symptom clusters necessary for the diagnosis of Conduct Disorder: Aggressive Conduct, Non-aggressive Conduct, Deceitfulness and Theft, and Rule Violations. Normed on a representative national sample of more than 600 persons who were diagnosed with Conduct Disorder, these results constitute the most current norms on Conduct Disorder currently available. Exact demographics of the standardization sample are reported in the manual by age, gender, geogra