An approach to studying children's strategies in social interactions and in material tasks has been developed for use with children 3 through 6 years of age. The Children's Strategies Assessment System (CSAS) provides both a time and an event sample of behaviors and records children's strategies under each of five constructs: involvement,…

Over 600 children were rated on 60 items describing a broad range of cognitive deficits, inappropriate behavior, and positive social behavior. A principal components analysis yielded five factors: conduct problems, anxiety-depression, social competence, attention deficits and impulsivity, and deficits in language processing and memory. (Author/BW)

The Process Skills Rating Scales were designed to rate how well a student uses those process skills that develop an ability to think, reason, and search for knowledge independently and to communicate and interact effectively with all members of society. Forms are available for students (elementary and secondary), teachers, and parents. (JDD)