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Directions

The purpose of the Scale of Community-Based Social Skill Performance (CBSP) is to assess social skill performance of adolescents and young adults with emotional or behavioral disorders in home and community settings. This measure was developed for a target population of both males and females, aged 14 to 21 years, and may be appropriate for adolescents with behavior disorders who have secondary disabilities such as learning disabilities or mild mental retardation.

The CBSP is a rating scale that is designed to be completed by a third-party judge who is aware of the social behaviors performed by the adolescent or young adult when interacting with others (e.g., family members, siblings, peers, other adults, service providers) in community and living arrangements. The rater must be familiar enough with the individual to judge his or her behaviors in relation to these persons and settings.

There is no hard and fast rule regarding how well a rater must know the person in question in order to rate the items accurately. Obviously, the better one knows the person, the more likely it is that an accurate assessment will be completed In general. we believe that it is necessary to know an individual for at least four weeks and to have had some opportunity to either observe them interacting with or have knowledge of previous interactions with others in community settings. In some cases, it may be advantageous to have one person complete the scale in one area, and another person in other areas. Appropriate raters may include psychologists, counselors, teachers, residential care providers, parents, and caseworkers