JUVENILE PRE-POST

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The Juvenile Pre-Post is an objective, evidence based self-report assessment instrument or test that measures treatment effectiveness. The same test is administered twice: before treatment (pretest) and at treatment completion (posttest). Computer comparison of pretest and posttest scores results in a Comparison Report.


The pretest serves as a baseline against which posttest scores are compared. Court and treatment history are minimized and the time referent is "here-and-now."


The Juvenile Pre-Post consists of 161 items and takes on average 30 minutes to complete. The Juvenile Pre-Post is a reliable and valid computer scored test that provides a Comparison Report within 2½ minutes of data (answers) entry.
The Problem

In the past, juveniles were assumed to have been rehabilitated, cured or made well by virtue of having completed assigned or mandated treatment. However, there is now research (Mechanic, Weaver & Resick, 2000; Eckhardt, 2004; Broome, Flynn, Knight & Simpson, 2007) that demonstrates these assumptions are frequently not true, particularly when treatment is court ordered or required by a probation officer. When juvenile treatment is completed the question invariably arises, was treatment effective? The Juvenile Pre-Post helps answer that question.

Juvenile Pretest (Pretreatment) Status

The Juvenile Pre-Post pretest report summarizes the juvenile pretreatment (before treatment) status when measured by Juvenile Pre-Post scales: Truthfulness, Alcohol, Drugs, Violence, Control and Stress Management. Pretreatment scale score severity becomes the baseline for subsequent posttest (after treatment) comparison. Comparison results are reported as change (e.g., positive, neutral or negative change).

Juvenile Comparison Report

The Juvenile Pre-Post Comparison Report juxtaposes, matches and compares pretest and analogus posttest scale scores. Pretest scale scores become the baseline for the posttest comparison. Comparison results are reported as change, e.g. positive, neutral or negative change. All Juvenile Pre-Post scales are compared numerically and graphically to highlight analogous pretest-posttest scale score similarities and differences. To review a Juvenile Pre-Post Comparison Report, click on the Comparison Report link.

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