Behavior Evaluation Scale-Fifth Edition: Short

The Behavior Evaluation Scale-Fifth Edition: Short;(BES-5:S); provides information that assists school personnel in making decisions about eligibility, placement, and programming for students demonstrating behavior problems who have been referred for evaluation. The scale gives relevant behavioral information regardless of handicapping conditions, and therefore may be used with students who have learning disabilities, intellectual disability, physical impairments, and other disabilities.

The BES-5:S is based on the IDEIA definition of emotional disturbance/behavioral disorders making it particularly useful in the assessment of students who may have a behavior disorder. The BES-5 was factor analyzed to create the following factor clusters (subscales): Learning Problems, Interpersonal Difficulties, Inappropriate Behavior, Unhappiness/Depression, and Physical Symptoms/Fears.

Characteristics and Components of the BES-5:S

• The BES-5:S is based on the federal definition of serious emotional disturbance (IDEIA).
  
  
• The BES-5:S School Version was standardized on a total of 3,571 students ages 5 through 18 years old.
  
  
• The BES-5:S Home Version was standardized on a total of 3,148 students ages 5 through 18 years old.
  
  
• The standardization population included students from 19 states, represented all geographic regions of the United States, and closely approximated the 2020 demographic characteristics of the United States.
  
  
• The BES-5 provides norms based on age and grade for males and females (K-12).
  
  
• Internal consistency, item and factor analysis, standard errors of measurement, and test-retest reliability are reported.
  
  
• Content, criterion-related, concurrent, and construct validity are reported.
  
  
• The BES-4:L can be completed in approximately 20 minutes. The BES-5:S School Version has 54 items and the BES-4:S Home Version has 52 items.
  
  
• The Behavior Evaluation Scale: Long Pre-Referral Checklist provides a format for identifying behaviors in need of intervention.
  
  
• The BES:S Intervention Manual, (© 2005) includes IEP goals, objectives, and interventions for all items on the scale. The manual aids in the program development for any student in need of behavior improvement.
  
  
• The Intervention Strategies Documentation Form provides a written record to place in the student's file, documenting problem areas and interventions implemented.
  
  
• The Parent's Guide provides parents with specific, practical strategies to use in helping their child be more successful in the home environment.
  
  
• The BES-5:S Quick Score computer program converts raw scores to standard scores and percentiles.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

• Windows®-compatible Quick Score computer programs require Windows® 2000 or newer, and 10 MB of RAM, 10MB of available hard disk space.
  
  
• All Hawthorne Educational Services, Inc., software programs must be used with the companion manual and/or rating form.
  
  
• Software that has been opened or downloaded may not be returned.

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