title: A DSM-IV-referenced teacher rating scale for use in clinical management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Two studies were conducted to examine the psychometric properties of a DSM-IV-referenced teacher-completed rating scale in children receiving special education.
  
  
  METHODS
  To assess reliability, teachers rated 74 students on two separate occasions (test-retest) using the teacher version of the Child Symptom Inventory-4 (CSI-4T), and teacher aides also rated the children on the first occasion (interrater). In a second study, teacher CSI-4T and Teacher's Report Form (TRF) ratings and consultant diagnoses were obtained for 101 students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Internal consistency reliabilities (0.72-0.94), 2-week test-retest reliabilities (r = 0.61-0.88), and interrater agreement (r = 0.19-0.56) for the CSI-4T major symptom categories were comparable with dimensional rating scales. CSI-4T ratings showed a consistent pattern of convergent and divergent validity with TRF scores and with consultant diagnoses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings provide preliminary support for the reliability and validity of the CSI-4T as a measure of DSM-IV symptoms in children receiving special education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, USA. richard.mattison@stonybrook.edu.
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mattison
authors.forename: Kenneth D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Gadow
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sprafkin
authors.forename: Edith E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching