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    Attention COACH STUDY participants:

    The principal investigators of the study request that you use the official version of the modified score here.

    HEADS-ED

    Screens for pediatric mental health needs.

    INSTRUCTIONS

    This tool provides individual recommendations for each item, along with a total score. 

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    Supportive
    0
    Conflicts
    +1
    Chaotic/dysfunctional
    +2
    On track
    0
    Grades dropping or absenteeism
    +1
    Failing/not attending
    +2
    No change
    0
    Reduction in activities/increased peer conflicts
    +1
    Increasingly to fully withdrawn/significant peer conflicts
    +2
    None or infrequent
    0
    Occasional
    +1
    Frequent/daily
    +2
    No thoughts
    0
    Ideation
    +1
    Plan or gesture
    +2
    Mildly anxious/sad/acting out
    0
    Moderately anxious/sad/acting out
    +1
    Significantly distressed/unable to function/out of control/bizarre thoughts/significant change in functioning
    +2
    Ongoing/well connected
    0
    Some/not meeting needs
    +1
    None/on waitlist/noncompliant
    +2

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    Creator Insights
    Dr. Mario Cappelli

    About the Creator

    Mario Cappelli, PhD, is an adjunct professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Ottawa. He is also the senior child and youth mental health clinician-scientist at the Knowledge Institute for Child and Youth Mental Health & Addiction. Dr. Cappelli’s primary research is focused on mental health and addiction needs in children.

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