Self-scoring, self-interpreting, consumable, no other components needed.
This screening tool identifies young people (ages 10-17) who may be at risk for violence and abuse and measures their ability to cope with it. The inventory also identifies youths who are exposed to or may be experiencing signs of physical and emotional abuse, bullying, depression, fear, and distress. The YRRI promotes early identification and intervention, empowers change, and tracks program effectiveness as young people develop more resilience.
How it works: Youths respond to 54, easy-to-understand items written at the fourth-grade reading level. Specifically, 36 of the YRRI items survey risk factors in school, home, and community situations, and 18 items address internal and external resilience factors. The color-coded inventory may be scored by either the young person or the professional. A free administrator's guide with each package helps professionals interpret and use the information.
The YRRI is research-based and statistically sound. It has been tested with abused children, general at-risk youth, children from violent homes in shelters, and youth in court-required drug treatment programs. It is a timely, helpful tool for use by school counselors, educators, psychologists, shelters, youth corrections professionals, social workers, youth program staff, and other professionals.
Robert Brady, Ed.D., is a consulting psychologist in private practice and professor emeritus of Counselor Education in the Graduate College of Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan, where he has taught and mentored students for more than 35 years.
As a clinician he has experience in relationships, career life, and health issues with individuals and families in independent practice, hospital, family clinic, school, and agency settings.
As an educator he has held faculty appointments at the University of Cincinnati, The University of Toledo, and Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has been active in training counselors, teachers, nurses, and physicians.
Brady's specialties include vocational testing, neuropsychological evaluation, rehabilitation consultation, developmental disabilities, and individual and group psychotherapy. He earned his doctorate in Counseling and Educational Psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1971.
For interview requests or questions about Brady, contact Selena Dehne at sdehne@jist.com or (651) 215-7548.
“I am using this instrument for the first time. The YRRI is easy to use and blends well into the TEENSCREEN program we use with our 8th graders. I am currently using the YRRI only with our 7th graders. They have responded well to it. I have been using it as springboard for discussions during Classroom Guidance sessions that focus on teenage mental health issues. I have also used it to find students who have indicated a more serious problem. Those students are being or (will be) seen in individual counseling sessions to determine what we can do to help. I like the instrument and intend to use it with all 350 of our 7th graders this year.”
—John G. Chick, Lowndes Middle School
