Site and Scoring Licenses

Site and Scoring Licenses for the Reproduction of ASEBA Forms and Scoring

For any customizations to our standard agreement, please note that there may be a $250 “License customization fee” depending on the significance of the changes requested. Fee will be charged at the sole discretion of the licensor.

All ASEBA forms, profiles, templates, software, DVDs, videos, audiotapes, Manuals, and Guides are copyrighted and must not be reproduced or altered without written permission from the copyright owner.

The copyrights provide legal protection against unauthorized reproduction and alteration of the copyrighted materials. Violation of copyrights is punishable by fines up to $100,000, plus civil penalties.

If you wish to reproduce our forms in order to reduce costs for a large number of forms, you may apply to us for a large-volume discount or a student discount by providing the specific purposes for which the forms will be used and the number of copies of each form and other materials that you wish to order at one time.

Besides violating copyright law, altered versions of the rating forms are apt to produce invalid data, because they would differ from the forms with which the normative, validity, reliability, and multicultural data were obtained. Data obtained with altered forms would also lack comparability with the many studies that have used the standard forms.

Although we are occasionally asked for permission to reprint or alter our forms, we have learned that the disadvantages usually outweigh the advantages for all concerned. Even when the alterations involve only changes of typestyle or format, these may have unanticipated effects on the respondents. Furthermore, changes that are inadvertent or seem insignificant can have unfortunate effects. As an example, in the Ontario Child Health Study of several thousand children, the definition of the 0 score for CBCL problem items was changed from Not true to Never or not true. This slight change was not noticed by the researchers until after the data had been collected and analyzed, yielding considerably higher problem scores for children in Ontario than in the U.S. When the change in wording was noticed, an experimental comparison was made between responses by Ontario parents receiving the original CBCL wording versus parents receiving the altered wording that included the word never. This comparison showed that inclusion of the word never produced significantly fewer scores of 0 and significantly higher scores overall (Woodward et al., 1989, J. Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 30, 919-924).

Another problem with copied or altered forms is that others may use or copy them without realizing that they are not the standard forms and that they are violating copyright law, as well as obtaining invalid data.

Data obtained with subsets of ASEBA items would not be comparable to the normative, reliability, validity, and multicultural data obtained with the standard set of items. The results obtained with subsets of items would also differ from the results obtained with the standard sets of items that have been used in thousands of studies.

Possible Exceptions:

  1. We would consider requests to omit up to about 8 problem items for special reasons, e.g., omission of alcohol and sex-related items for Muslim respondents.
  2. We would consider requests to omit open-ended responses to items that specify “describe” (e.g., items 2, 9, 29) and to omit CBCL and TRF items 113 that request the respondent to write in additional problems.
  3. We would consider requests to use subsets of competence and adaptive functioning items, as well as to administer only the problem items or only the competence or adaptive functioning items.
  4. We would consider requests to omit the demographic items at the beginning of each form, although age and gender are needed to score scales in relation to age/gender norms.

If you wish to apply for a Site or Scoring License to reproduce our forms, please fill out the appropriate Application Form, as specified below:

The application process is as follows:

  • Application is completed by you
  • Application is reviewed and approved by ASEBA and quote for cost is sent to you
  • You accept the quote
  • We prepare the agreement and send it to you with the invoice, via e-mail
  • You sign the agreement and return signature page to us, via e-mail
  • You make payment in full online via credit card (MasterCard or Visa) in accordance with e-mailed instructions
  • After payment is received, we issue you the fully executed agreement
  • If you are applying to make copies of translated forms, we will send you a PDF of the form. If you are reproducing the form in electronic format (eg. on SurveyMonkey), you will need to send us screen shots of the reproduction of the ASEBA forms for our review and approval before you are permitted to use the electronic reproduction. Any paper forms created with approved modifications will need to be sent for our review and approval.

The quote and agreement development process typically takes a couple of days to a week depending on whether we need additional information from you.  The  cycle time to receive a fully-executed agreement and requested measurement depends on how quickly you return the signature page and make payment in full. Payment terms are net 30 days.

For any customizations to our standard agreement, please note that there may be a $250 “License customization fee” depending on the significance of the changes requested. Fee will be charged at the sole discretion of the licensor.

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Download the Site License Application (MS Word®)

In the file download box, click on “open” (Note: If you have an earlier version of Internet Explorer or use another browser, you may need to first “save” the form on your PC and then open it from the saved location.)

If you want to save a copy on your PC, click on “file” on the browser menu bar and then save the form to the folder of your choice.

(Note: You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader® to open this form.)

Download the Scoring License Application (MS Word®)

In the file download box, click on “open” (Note: If you have an earlier version of Internet Explorer or use another browser, you may need to first “save” the form on your PC and then open it from the saved location.)

If you want to save a copy on your PC, click on “file” on the browser menu bar and then save the form to the folder of your choice.

Standard Aseba Scoring Options For Site Licenses

When preparing your project, it is important to plan ahead for scoring your data. ASEBA offers several products to accurately produce ASEBA scores. Standard options 1-4 below are all available from our Catalog.

Option 1: ASEBA-Web

Similar to the ASEBA-PC modules but available over the web. Has the convenience of an informant site that allows informants to complete the forms over the web. SCICA and TOF are not available on ASEBA-Web.

Option 2: ASEBA-PC

We strongly recommend that you score data from ASEBA forms using ASEBA-PC, our rigorously tested scoring software. The easiest way to use ASEBA-PC for scoring is to plan to enter the responses from your paper forms directly into ASEBA-PC. ASEBA-Network gives simultaneous access for multiple users.

What to purchase:

One ASEBA-PC module for each age group (each sold separately or a combined module for all ages):

  • School-age module (CBCL/6-18, TRF/6-18, YSR/11-18 – includes earlier versions)
  • Preschool module (CBCL/1½-5, C-TRF/½-5 – includes earlier versions)
  • Adult module (ABCL/18-59, ASR/18-59)
  • Older Adult module (OABCL/60-90+, OASR/60-90+)
  • Family Assessment Module (School-Age and Adult Modules combined with family assessment reports)

Option 3: Hand-scored profiles:

You can score forms individually using paper hand-scored profiles. Total scores, T-scores, and/or percentiles from each completed paper profile must be manually transferred into the software application of your choice for eventual analyses. Hand-scoring is available only for current ASEBA forms, excluding the DOF. Hand-scored profiles do not have the multicultural norms or the new 2007 scales for School-Age, the new 2010 scale for Preschool forms, nor the new 2015 scales for the Adult forms.

What to purchase (refer to our catalog for details; current versions only):

  • Hand-scored profiles for empirically based syndromes (gender-specific by form)
  • Hand-scored profiles for DSM-oriented scales (gender-specific by form)
  • Optional reusable templates for both types of profiles (form-specific) 

Non-standard Scoring For Aseba Forms

We strongly recommend that you select one of the standard scoring options above for your data. However, in some situations, our standard options may not fit a non-ASEBA scoring model. To score ASEBA forms using a non-ASEBA scoring model, you must apply for a Scoring License. Please call our Customer Service staff at (802)656-5130 to discuss your best option and determine whether you need to apply for a scoring license.

Resources available for non-ASEBA scoring:

Sold separately: Electronic T-score lookup tables for all age/gender groups available in Excel® format. (Prices are on the Scoring License application)

  • Child Behavior Checklist/1½-5
  • Caregiver-Teacher Report Form/1½-5
  • Child Behavior Checklist/6-18
  • Teacher Report Form/6-18
  • Youth Self-Report/11-18
  • Brief Problem Monitor/6-18 (BPM-P, BPM-T, BPM-Y)
  • Adult Behavior Checklist/18-59
  • Adult Self-Report/18-59
  • Brief Problem Monitor/18-59 (BPM/18-59)
  • Older Adult Behavior Checklist/60-90+
  • Older Adult Self-Report/60-90+

Complimentary (included with limited-term scoring license to use electronic T-score lookup tables):

  1. The Manual that is appropriate for the T-score lookup table(s) you order, plus sample handscoring profiles.
  2. ASEBA Score Comparison Data Suite: Use this suite to compare scored output from your non-ASEBA scoring model with scores produced by ASEBA software.
  • Scripts that describe each test condition for each type of ASEBA form
  • Set of ASEBA forms (as PDF files) with ratings for each test condition
  • Set of unscored data for test conditions delivered in a variety of formats to potentially import into your scoring system. This set of data will include a file for each gender/age group based on the form’s breakdown of T-scores (i.e., CBCL = 4 gender/age groups; C-TRF = 2 gender groups)
  • Set of scored data based on the unscored data set delivered in a variety of formats to facilitate comparison with scores your system produces
  • File format definitions for both unscored and scored data set