This webinar will be the second installment in a series of talks designed to introduce the new Feifer Assessment of Childhood Trauma (FACT) scale. The FACT is a multipurpose rating scale designed to convey how stress and trauma impacts children and adolescents in a school-based setting. The instrument is crafted to quantify the impact of traumatic experiences on school-based functioning, and to generate specific interventions for “at-risk” students. The focus of the webinar will be on how to incorporate the FACT into a typical assessment battery using specific case study examples. Participants will learn a variety of scoring options for the FACT rating scales, interpretations for multi-rater administrations, as well as how to utilize the Reliable Change Index when monitoring student progress over time. Lastly, targeted intervention strategies, as well as keys to differential diagnosis, will be featured in the webinar.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Explain how the FACT rating scale works to measure the impact of trauma on academic and social-emotional functioning in a school environment.
Describe the five-step score interpretation for the FACT including the Total Trauma Index score, four impact scales, the Clinical cluster scores including the Resiliency score, as well as Critical Items and Validity indicators.
Determine a student’s emotional comfort level and academic efficiency in a classroom learning environment, via case study examples, using tools such as the FACT.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Target Audience: Clinical psychologists, educational diagnosticians, mental health professionals, neuropsychologists, psychologists, school psychologists

Disclosure: Dr. Feifer is the author of the Feifer Assessment of Childhood Trauma and receives royalties from the sale of Feifer products. Dr. Rogers-Wood is a PAR employee and does not receive royalties from any PAR products. PAR is a publisher of assessments, which may be discussed during the presentation.