Screening Tools

Click here to visit the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services training on using behavioral health screening tools for children and youth under age 21 in the primary care setting.

Screening Links

General Screening information - www.schoolpsychiatry.org

Developmental Screening Tool Kit for Primary Care Providers - www.developmentalscreening.org/

The Primary Care Behavioral Health Toolkit includes guidelines on implementing behavioral health screenings in primary care settings, guidance on clinical issues related to screening, and information on four screening tools: M-CHAT, PSC, SDQ, PEDS, and PHQ-9. Click here to download the toolkit.

Screening for Substance Use

CRAFFT Toolkit:

The CRAFFT screens for substance use in adolescents. Click here for the CRAFFT Toolkit (acronym) for Car, Relax, Alone, Forget Friends, Trouble) toolkit. (This toolkit may take a few minutes to download.)

Screening Military Children

Click here to download A Toolkit For the Well Child Screening of Military Children, developed by the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program in partnership with the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Acccess Project, written by Paula Rauch, MD, Bonnie Ohye,PhD, Jeffrey Bostic, MD EdD and Bruce Masek, PhD

Page updated, January 2012