Adolescent Chemical Dependency Inventory (ACDI).  The Adolescent Chemical Dependency Inventory (ACDI) is a short non-offensive self-report test that obtains a lot of important information quickly. The ACDI assesses troubled youth in schools, counseling and treatment settings. The ACDI has 105 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. It has five scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Adjustment Scale, 3. Distress Scale, 4. Alcohol Scale and 5. Drugs Scale. Specific intervention, counseling and treatment recommendations are provided.

ACDI-Corrections Version II.  Designed for school, juvenile court and juvenile probation department use. Version II has a Violence (Lethality) Scale. Version II has 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. Version II has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Adjustment, 4. Stress Coping Abilities, 5. Distress, 6. Alcohol, and 7. Drugs. Specific attained score-related intervention, treatment and probation recommendations are made for each of these scales. If you are looking for a juvenile (male and female) assessment instrument that includes violence (lethality), we recommend you consider the ACDI-Corrections Version II.

Adult Presentence Evaluation (APE).  Designed for adult presentence evaluation. The APE evolved from the Offender Assessment Index (OAI). The APE incorporates a DSM-IV Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale. APE has 158 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. It has 7 measures (scales): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Resistance Scale, 3. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 4. Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale, 5. Alcohol Scale, 6. Drugs Scale and 7. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The APE classifies substance abuse and dependency in term of DSM-IV criteria, while concurrently measuring alcohol and drug use severity. It is appropriate for misdemeanor and felony offender assessment.

Adult Pretrial Test (APT).  Designed for adult (male & female) pretrial defendants. Appropriate for misdemeanor and felony cases. The APT contains 7 measures (scales): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Substance Abuse/Dependency, 5. Violence (Lethality), 6. Antisocial and 7. Stress Coping. The Adult Pretrial Test (APT) has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. APT reports are computer-scored and printed on-site within 2½ minutes of test data entry. The APT evolved from the Defendant Questionnaire. The APT has been standardized on the adult defendant population.

Adult Probation Profile (APP).  Designed for adult (male & female) probationer assessment. It has 180 items, takes 45 minutes to complete and has 10 scales (measures) which include: Truthfulness, Anxiety, Alcohol, Depression, Drugs, Distress, Antisocial, Family, Stress Coping Abilities, and Self-Esteem.  The Adult Probationer Profile provides an alternative to the SAQ-Adult Probation III and decisions can be based upon each test's scales (measures) or areas of inquiry. The Adult Probationer Profile does not have a Violence Scale but it does incorporate the Anxiety, Depression, Distress, Family and Self-Esteem scales.

Adult Treatment Outcome (ATO). Designed for adult (male and female) test-retest comparison at important stages of treatment intervention, e.g. intake, change of status, completion and outcome. It has 153 items and takes 35 to 40 minutes to complete.  The Adult Treatment Outcome's 12 scales (measures) include: Truthfulness, Alcohol, Self-Esteem, Drugs, Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, Control, Distress, Violence, Outlook, and Stress Coping Abilities.  Adult Treatment Outcome software compares pretest (before treatment) results with posttest (after treatment) results and prints an automated comparison report. Outcome or "counseling/treatment effectiveness" tests must be able to show improvement, staying the same or deterioration. To attain that objective "history" items must be minimized. The tests frame of reference is the "here-and-now."

Defendant Questionnaire (DQ). Designed for adult (male and female) court-related defendant assessment. It is appropriate for Drug Courts and general court populations. It is appropriate for misdemeanor and felony cases. The DQ has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, 6. Substance Abuse/Dependency and 7. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. Substance Abuse/Dependency is classified in terms of DSM-IV criteria, while the DQ also measures the severity of alcohol and drug use. And, the DQ incorporates ASAM compatible treatment recommendations.

Domestic Violence Inventory (DVI).  For domestic violence offender assessment. The DVI evaluates lethality, control issues, substance abuse and much more. It has 155 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The DVI has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. The Truthfulness Scale detects denial, deception and faking. The DVI is a popular and widely used adult domestic violence perpetrator assessment instrument.

DVI-Juvenile.  Designed for evaluating juveniles (15 to 18 years) accused or convicted of domestic violence. The DVI-Juvenile has 149 items and takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. The DVI-Juvenile has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. In addition to Truthfulness, Alcohol and Drugs, this test has a Violence (Lethality) Scale, Control Scale and Stress Coping Abilities Scale. A popular test for juvenile domestic violence caseloads and counseling programs.

DVI Pre-Post.  For measuring domestic violence treatment outcome. The same test is given before and after treatment. Upon posttest it compares pre-post test results in a DVI Pre-Post report. It has 147 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The DVI Pre-Post has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. Although this test evolved from the DVI, it objectively compares pretest and posttest scores. It is one of a few tests that provides an outcome measure. If you want to know if domestic violence treatment was effective, we recommend you consider the DVI Pre-Post.

DVI-Short Form.  The DVI-Short Form is a brief, easily administered and automated (computer-scored) adult domestic violence test. It has 76 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Short Form has 6 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 3. Control Scale, 4. Alcohol Scale, 5. Drugs Scale and 6. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The DVI-Short Form assesses attitudes and behaviors important in domestic violence offender evaluation. The DVI-Short Form is appropriate for reading impaired assessment and high volume testing programs. The DVI-Short Form is a popular domestic violence offender assessment instrument or test.

Driver Inventory.  The Driver Inventory (DI) is a driver risk test that does not include alcohol or drugs scales. The DI has 124 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. The Driver Inventory has 5 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Aggressiveness Scale, 3. Self-Rating, 4. Stress Coping Scale and 5. Driver Risk Scale. If you want a driver risk assessment instrument or test that does not have an alcohol or drugs scale, we recommend the Driver Inventory (DI). The DI is designed to be different. It is deliberately short. The DI is non-introversive and does not elicit defensiveness or anger. And the DI is comprehensive as its scales represent important areas of inquiry.

Driver Risk Inventory-II (DRI-II).  For DUI/DWI offender assessment. It has 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. The DRI-II has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Substance Abuse/Dependency, 5. Driver Risk, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. Incorporates DSM-IV classification criteria with independent measures of alcohol and drug abuse severity. Standardized on over one million DUI/DWI offenders. Rated the best by NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) the highest federal authority in the DUI field. This is a popular DUI/DWI offender assessment instrument or test.

DRI-II Short Form. Designed for use in high volume assessment settings or as an alternative test for reading impaired drivers. The SHORT FORM has 73 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Largely because of its brevity, the DRI-II SHORT FORM can be read to a client or group in 20 minutes. The SHORT FORM has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Alcohol Scale, 3. Drugs Scale, 4. Driver Risk Scale and 5. Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale. The Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale utilizes DSM-IV criteria for abuse and dependency classification. The Alcohol Scale and Drugs Scale measure severity of abuse. This is a SHORT FORM of the DRI-II.

Gambler Addiction Index (GAI).  Designed for gambler assessment. It has 166 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. The Gambler Addiction Index has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Gambling, 3. Suicide, 4. Attitude, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. Within 3 minutes after test completion, the GAI prints a comprehensive report. The GAI assesses important "gambler" attitudes and behaviors. It is estimated there are over 12 million problematic gamblers in the United States.

Juvenile Presentence Evaluation (JPE).  The Juvenile Presentence Evaluation (JPE) is designed specifically for juvenile (male and female) presentence evaluation. It has 159 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. The JPE has 9 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Suicide, 3. Resistance, 4. Self-Esteem, 5. Violence (Lethality), 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, 8. Distress and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The JPE is much more than just another alcohol or drug test; consequently, it measures many important behaviors missed by many other juvenile tests. This type of information helps in deciding upon probation, alternatives to incarceration, and treatment.

Juvenile Pretrial Test (JPT).  The Juvenile Pretrial Test (JPT) establishes juvenile risk and needs at the pretrial stage of the juvenile justice system. The JPE identifies criminogenic needs, authenticates their severity and recommends graduated sanctions according to problem severity. The JPT has 140 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Alcohol Severity Scale, 3. Drugs Severity Scale, 4. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 5. Distress Scale, 6. Adjustment Scale and 7. Stress Quotient Scale. At one sitting of 30 minutes' duration, staff can acquire a lot of information, which includes attitudes, substance abuse involvement, acting out (violence) propensity, perceived distress and coping behaviors.

Juvenile Substance Abuse Profile (JSAP).  Designed for school systems, juvenile screening programs and troubled youth treatment agencies. The JSAP has 116 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Juvenile Substance Abuse Profile has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Aggressiveness Scale, 3. Alcohol Scale, 4. Drugs Scale, and 5. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. This is a fast way to screen juveniles in a non-introversive manner. Extreme aggressiveness can spillover into violence. Greatly impaired stress coping abilities identify existing emotional and mental health problems. This is a brief yet comprehensive and standardized self-report test.

Juvenile Treatment Outcome (JTO).  This is a juvenile counseling/treatment "outcome" or effectiveness assessment instrument or test which is appropriate for males and females. It compares pretest (before treatment) with posttest (after treatment) scores. The test has 163 items and takes 35 to 40 minutes to complete. The Juvenile Treatment Outcome has 12 scales which include: Truthfulness, Suicide. Outlook, Control, Self-Esteem, Alcohol, Adjustment, Drugs, Anxiety, Violence, Depression, and Stress Coping Abilities.  A juvenile counseling/treatment outcome or effectiveness test. The same test is administered twice. The pretest (before treatment) is the baseline that the posttest (after treatment) is compared to.

Offender Assessment Index (OAI). This assessment is an adult court test that is appropriate for evaluating misdemeanor and felony defendants, both male and female. The OAI has 158 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The OAI's 7 scales (measures) include: Truthfulness, Violence, Alcohol, Stress Coping Abilities, Drugs, Substance Abuse/Dependency, and Resistance.  The Offender Assessment Index scales measure important offender attitudinal (resistance), problem (alcohol/drugs) and behavioral (violence) areas of inquiry. The OAI classifies substance abuse with DSM-IV criteria, while concurrently measuring alcohol and drug abuse severity.

The Parent/Guardian Questionnaire (PGQ) is designed for administration to parents/guardians of troubled youth that have completed the ACDI-Corrections Version II. The ACDI-Corrections Version II is a stand alone juvenile assessment instrument or test that does not require the Parent/Guardian Questionnaire (PGQ) as a companion test. However, when the PGQ is used it should only be administered to parents/guardians of juveniles that have completed the ACDI-Corrections Version II.

Parolee Inventory (PI). Designed for parolee assessment. The PI has 135 items and takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. The PI has 8 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Distress, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, and 8. Stress Coping Abilities. The Parolee Inventory is an objective, comprehensive and standardized screening instrument that examines important attitudes and behaviors. The PI provides an objective on-site second opinion in a timely manner.

Pre-Post Inventory.  Designed for objective pretest-posttest outcome comparison. This is a counseling or treatment outcome measure. It has 148 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The Pre-Post Inventory has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Self-Esteem, 3. Resistance, 4. Distress, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. The Pre-Post Inventory provides an objective outcome measure for evaluating intervention, counseling or treatment effectiveness. Adult and juvenile versions are available.

Pre-Post Inventory-Juvenile.  The Pre-Post Inventory - Juvenile is an objective pretreatment-posttreatment outcome comparison test. The same test is administered twice (before and after treatment) and the computer compares both test administration answers and presents these findings in a printed report. The Pre-Post Inventory - Juvenile has 148 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Self-Esteem Scale, 3. Resistance Scale, 4. Distress Scale, 5. Alcohol Scale, 6. Drugs Scale, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. The Pre-Post Inventory report is an outcome measure on the effectiveness of intervention, counseling or treatment services. The Pretest serves as a baseline for Posttest comparison.

Prison Inmate Inventory (PII).  Designed for prison inmate (male and female) assessment. The PII has 161 items and takes 35 to 40 minutes to complete. The PII has 10 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Adjustment, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Judgment, 7. Distress, 8. Alcohol, 9. Drugs and 10. Stress Coping Abilities. The PII is standardized on over forty thousand prison inmates. Reports contain specific score-related recommendations that are applicable to levels of supervision and treatment needs. The PII is a popular prison inmate assessment instrument or test.

Prison Inmate Inventory v2 (PIIv2).  Designated for prison inmate (male and female) assessment. This test has 161 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. The 10 test scales include: Truthfulness, Adjustment, Alcohol, Distress, Drugs, Judgment, Antisocial Gambling, Violence (Lethality), and Stress Coping Abilities.  The Prison Inmate Inventory Version 2 differs from the PII in that the Self-Esteem scale was replaced with a Gambling Scale. Many prison inmates manifest gambling problems.

Reinstatement Review Inventory (RRI).  Designed for screening applicants applying for reinstatement of their driver's license. These applicants have had their driver's license suspended or revoked. The RRI has 124 items and takes 25 minutes to complete. The RRI has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Road Rage, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, 5. Comparative Change, and 6. Intervention Checklist. The RRI explores the question, "Has the applicant changed since their driver's license was suspended or revoked?" a second version of the RRI was developed and is called the RRI-II.

Reinstatement Review Inventory-II (RRI-II).  The RRI-II is another approach to screening applicants applying for reinstatement of their driver’s license. These applicants have had their driver’s license suspended or revoked. The RRI-II has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Stress Coping Abilities, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, 5. Comparative Change, and 6. Intervention Checklist. The RRI-II replaced the RRI’s Road Rage Scale with its Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The RRI-II explores the question, "Has the applicant changed since their driver’s license was suspended or revoked?"

Self-Assessment Index (SAI).  Designed for welfare recipient screening in welfare-to-work programs. It has 103 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Self-Assessment Index has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Work Index, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, and 5. Stress Coping Abilities. This test screens substance (alcohol and drugs) abuse, work attitudes, motivation and stress coping -- important attitudes and behaviors for understanding welfare-to-work participants. Test results can be used to coordinate intervention, treatment and vocational rehabilitation services.

Self-Assessment Index-c (SAI-c)  The Self-Assessment Index-c (SAI-c) is a reworded Self-Assessment Index. Some evaluators wanted to change the "welfare recipient" and "welfare-to-work" terminology to a more generic "client" and "work readiness" vocabulary. Since the word "client" dominates the SAI-c title was initiated. In other words, the letter "c" refers to the "client" orientation. The SAI-c has 103 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The SAI-c has 5 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Work Index Scale, 3. Alcohol Scale, 4. Drugs Scale and 5. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. This test screens substance (alcohol and other drugs) abuse, work attitudes, motivation and stress coping -- important attitudes and behaviors for successful work adjustment. In other words, the SAI-c identifies barriers to successful employment so they can be worked through and resolved.

Self-Audit (SA).  The Self-Audit (SA) is designed for adult (male and female) counseling and treatment program intake. The SA can also be used in HMO’s, EAP programs, courts, probation and community corrections. The SA has 160 items and takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. It contains 9 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Distress, 3. Resistance, 4. Morale, 5. Violence, 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, 8. Self-Esteem and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The Self-Audit differs from the Victim Index in that the SA contains a Violence (Lethality) and individual Alcohol and Drugs Scales. The SA was developed in response to evaluators' requests.

Suicide Evaluation (SE).  The Suicide Evaluation is designed to help identify suicidal individuals. Suicide Evaluation focuses on identifying people that are at risk of taking their own lives. It is a reliable, valid and accurate suicide screening instrument or test. It has 142 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. The 6 test scales include: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Depression, 4. Drugs, 5. Suicide, 6. Stress Coping Abilities. The Suicide Evaluation test assists mental health professionals, courts, probation departments, counseling and treatment programs to incorporate suicide risk assessment into their client, patient and offender screening programs. Suicide screening is too important not to be included in intake screening procedures.

Sexual Adjustment Inventory (SAI).  Designed for identifying sexual deviance and paraphilias in persons accused or convicted of sex offenses. The SAI has 225 items and takes 45 minutes to an hour to complete. The SAI has 13 scales: 1. Test Item Truthfulness, 2. Sex Item Truthfulness, 3. Sexual Adjustment, 4. Child Molest, 5. Sexual (Rape) Assault, 6. Exhibitionism, 7. Incest Classification, 8. Violence (Lethality), 9. Antisocial, 10. Distress, 11. Impulsiveness, 12. Alcohol, and 13. Drugs. Many sex offenders try to minimize their problems, which emphasizes the importance of the two SAI truthfulness scales, while underscoring the value of Truth-Corrected scores, which are more accurate than raw scores. The SAI is standardized on thousands of sex offenders. It has proven to be a reliable, valid, accurate and objective sex offender assessment instrument or test. State-of-the-art.

SAI-Juvenile.  Designed for evaluating juveniles (15 to 18 years) accused or convicted of sexual offenses. The SAI-Juvenile has 230 items and takes an hour to complete. The SAI-Juvenile has 13 scales: 1. Test Item Truthfulness, 2. Sex Item Truthfulness, 3. Child Molest, 4. Sexual (Rape) Assault, 5. Incest Classification, 6. Exhibitionism, 7. Sexual Adjustment, 8. Violence (Lethality), 9. Antisocial, 10. Distress, 11. Alcohol, 12. Drugs and 13. Impulsiveness. The adult SAI was modified for juveniles. When selecting a test for evaluating juveniles accused or convicted of sexual offenses, we recommend you consider this reliable, valid and accurate test.

Shoplifting Inventory (SI).  Designed for shoplifting offender assessment. The SI has 185 items and takes 45 minutes to complete. The SI has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Shoplifting, 3. Entitlement, 4. Peer Pressure, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Impulsiveness, 7. Antisocial, 8. Alcohol and 9. Drugs. This is a unique shoplifter test. The SI evaluates motivation, attitude and need. The 9 scales explore areas of inquiry considered necessary for adequately understanding shoplifters.

Substance Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ).  The Substance Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ) is an adult substance (alcohol and other drugs) abuse assessment instrument or test that also assesses aggressiveness, resistance and stress handling abilities. The SAQ has 153 items, takes 30 minutes to complete and reports are available on-site within 2½ minutes of data entry. The SAQ has 6 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Aggressiveness, 5. Resistance and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. The SAQ is a concise, objective and standardized assessment instrument or test.

SAQ-Adult Probation III. The SAQ-Adult Probation III is designed for adult (male and female) probationer assessment. It takes 30 minutes to complete, and printed reports are available on-site in 2½ minutes of data entry. The SAQ-Adult Probation III has 7 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2, Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Aggressiveness, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. It has been standardized and normed on over 115,000 probationers. Returned diskettes can be summarized on a state or department basis in annual summary reports, which are provided free. The SAQ-Adult Probation III is a popular test with proven reliability, validity and accuracy.

SAQ-Short Form. The SAQ-Short Form is a concise or shorter version of the SAQ-Adult Probation III. The Short Form has 64 items and can be completed in 20 minutes. It has 4 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs and 4. Risk Scales. The SAQ-Short Form has been standardized and normed on thousands of defendants and probationers. This test is brief and to the point, yet provides important attitudinal and behavioral information. The Risk Scale measures the defendant's/probationer's danger to self and others. The SAQ-Short Form is used in high volume testing settings, with the reading impaired and as an alternative to the SAQ-Adult Probation III.

Treatment Intervention Inventory (TII).  Designed for adult treatment intake assessment. The TII has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. The Treatment Intervention Inventory has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Anxiety, 3. Depression, 4. Distress, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Family Issues, 7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs, and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The TII is appropriate for HMO's, EAP Programs, counseling intake and chemical dependency treatment settings. The TII identifies problems that warrant referral, intervention or treatment.

TII-Juvenile. Designed for juvenile program (counseling, troubled youth, schools, HMO's and chemical dependency) intake. The TII-Juvenile has 143 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. It has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Self-Esteem, 3. Family Issues, 4. Anxiety, 5. Depression, 6. Distress, 7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs, and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The TII-Juvenile should be considered when selecting a program intake or screening instrument for troubled youth.

Victim Index (VI).  Designed for victim assessment. Victims of physical and mental abuse or domestic violence represent the clients the VI is designed for. The VI has 147 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. The Victim Index has 8 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Distress, 3. Morale, 4. Self-Esteem, 5. Resistance, 6. Substance Abuse, 7. Stress Coping Abilities and 8. Suicide Ideation. The VI is different. It is designed to screen victims of physical and/or mental abuse. The Victim Index (VI) is appropriate for adult male and female clients.  The Victim Index (VI) differs from the Self-Audit (SA) in that the VI does not have a Violence (Lethality) Scale.