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How do you interpret Conners T scores?

How do you interpret Conners T scores?

When your T-score is less than 60, it usually means you don’t have ADHD. A score higher than 60 may indicate ADHD. And a T-score higher than 70 means your ADHD symptoms are more serious. The Conners scale is only one test to diagnose ADHD.

What is the Conners T-score?

A T-score is a standardized score, which means that it can be easily compared across different raters or administra- tion dates. T-scores for Conners CBRS scales convert the raw scores to reflect what is typical or atypical for that age and gender. All T-scores have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.

How do you interpret Conners Teacher Rating Scale?

What do the results mean?

  1. A T-score of more than 60 can indicate that the child may have an issue such as ADHD.
  2. A T-score greater than 60 but under 70 may indicate moderately severe issues.
  3. A T-score above 70 may be a sign that the behavioral, academic, or emotional problems are severe.

What is a clinically significant T-score?

Traditionally, T scores at or above 65 are considered clinically significant; however, in the case of the BRIEF-SR, T scores between 60 and 64 on any of the clinical scales or indexes, may warrant clinical interpretation.

What is Conners rating scale used for?

The Conners’ Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS; Conners, 1969, 1997a, 1997b) is a commonly used measure of behavioral problems associated with ADHD, which originally was developed as a measure of behavioral change for pharmacological studies (Conners, 1969).

What does the Conners 3 ADHD index mean?

This index provides a probability score that represents the percentage of time that the score occurred in youth with a diagnosis of ADHD as opposed to youth with no clinical diagnosis. At times, there may be discrepancies between the Conners 3AI probability score and T-score.

What is Conners Parent Rating Scale?

The Conners’ Parent Rating Scale (CPRS) is a popular research and clinical tool for obtaining parental reports of childhood behavior problems. Factor congruence with the original CPRS as well as similarities with other parent rating scales are discussed.

What is Conners parent Rating Scale?

What does the Conners 3 global index measure?

The Conners 3rd Edition Global Index–Teacher (Conners 3GI–T) is an assessment tool used to obtain the teacher’s observations about the youth’s behavior in a school setting.

What is an average T score?

T-Score – T-scores have an average (mean) of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.

What is the average range for T scores?

40 to 60
T Scores are another method of describing a person’s performance, where a T Score of 50 is precisely average and standard deviations are 10 points. Average scores are in the range of 40 to 60.

What does Conners 3rd edition measure?

The Conners 3 assesses cognitive, behavioral, and emotional problems, with a focus on ADHD and comorbid disorders–providing teacher, parent, and student perspectives.

What does the T score mean on Conners 3?

T-Score Interpretation A T-score is a standardized score, which means that it can be compared across different raters or administration dates. T-scores for Conners 3 scales convert the raw scores to reflect what is typical or atypical for that age and gender. All T-scores have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.

What should my Conners score be for ADHD?

When your T-score is less than 60, it usually means you don’t have ADHD. A score higher than 60 may indicate ADHD. And a T-score higher than 70 means your ADHD symptoms are more serious. The Conners scale is only one test to diagnose ADHD. Sometimes, the people who fill out ADHD rating scales don’t agree on the answers.

What do you need to know about the Conners scale?

Whether aimed at children or adults, the Conners scale assesses symptoms such as: 1 Hyperactivity 2 Trouble paying attention 3 Problems keeping friends 4 Emotional problems 5 Problems eating or sleeping 6 Impulsiveness 7 Problems with math or language 8 Temper tantrums 9 Compulsiveness 10 Fears of being separated from loved ones More

When to convert T scores to percentiles?

Test manual contains conversion charts for converting T-scores to Percentiles If child at extreme of age range (e.g., just turned 12 within week of testing) May need to refine T-score interpretation using other relevant age category

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