Trauma Screening Tools

Life Events Checklist (LEC-5)

• A 16-item self-report questionnaire.
• Ages 18+.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs- National Center for PTSD.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) Study

• A 10-item self-report questionnaire to identify childhood adverse experiences of abuse and neglect.
• Ages 18+.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kaiser Permanente (collaboration)

Trauma Screening Checklist

• 4-item caregiver report.
• Identifying Children at Risk ages 6-18.
• Southwest Michigan Children’s Trauma Assessment Center

The Children’s Hope Scale (CHS)

• A 6-item self-report questionnaire assessing children’s dispositional hope.
• Ages 8-16.
• University of Kansas-Lawrence.

Traumatic Stress Screen for Children and Adolescents (TSSCA)

• Six-item self-report report.
• Ages 5-18.
• University of Minnesota.

MichiCANS Comprehensive Trauma Module

• Module D1 – Potential Traumatic Childhood Experiences (ages 0-20)
• Module D2 – Traumatic Stress Symptoms (Ages 6+)
• University of Kentucky, Center for Innovation in Population Health