Many juvenile detention facilities are crowded with limited space for testing and overloaded staff. Such conditions set realistic testing parameters. For example, the test must be short, easy to administer and provide meaningful assessment or screening information. "Meaningful" in terms of the obtained information relating to juvenile supervision, intervention, treatment and rehabilitation.

This website will present and discuss the Juvenile Detention Exam and the ACDI-Corrections Version II . Each of these test names is a link to that test’s discussion on this website.

Each of these tests can be obtained and administered in two ways: 1. On 25 or 50 test diskettes that are scored with reports printed on your computer (www.riskandneeds.com), or 2. Over Risk & Needs' online (internet) testing platform www.online-testing.com . Regardless of how these tests are obtained, they can be administered from paper-pencil test booklets. Paper-pencil testing permits group testing. And all tests are computer scored with reports printed within 2½ minutes. Online tests are available in paper-pencil test booklet format but are scored over the internet, but still on your computer. Reports are printed within 2½ minutes on your computer.

Some new computers do not have a disk drive. If needed disk drives can be purchased and attached to your computer. The cost is usually less than forty ($40.00) dollars U.S. currency. Or you can test over Risk & Needs’ online (internet) platform (www.online-testing.com ). The Juvenile Detention Exam is available over Risk and Needs’ online (internet) testing platform.

If you want to go directly to the ACDI - Corrections Version II discussion in this website click on ACDI - Corrections Version II discussion. The Juvenile Detention Exam is presented first (or next).

The Juvenile Detention Exam (JDE) is a brief, easily administered and automated (computer scored) detention center test. It is appropriate for troubled (male and female) youth. The Juvenile Detention Exam (JDE) consists of 105 items and can be completed in 15 to 20 minutes. The JDE has five (5) scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 3. Antisocial Scale, 4. Alcohol Scale, and 5. Drugs Scale.

The Juvenile Detention Exam Manual provides an in depth discussion of the Juvenile Detention Exam and how it works. To review the Juvenile Detention Exam (JDE) Manual click on this JDE Training Manual link.

The Juvenile Detention Exam Manual (JDE) includes: empirically based scales (measures), risk level classification, research, control of reports, "significant items", score-related recommendations, instructions, administrative modes, "Human Voice Audio", test data input verification, confidentiality (deleting juveniles names), HIPAA compliance, diskette expiration date, and more. This manual is considered a must read by Juvenile Detention Exam users.

An Example Juvenile Detention Exam report should help assessors understand how obtained juvenile information is consolidated and presented. To Review a Juvenile Detention Exam example report click on this Example JDE Report link.

"Cost information:" the Juvenile Detention Exam (JDE) user agreement, volume discounts and more can be reviewed by clicking on this JDE Cost link.

A more comprehensive discussion of the Juvenile Detention Exam is presented in Risk & Needs’s website www.riskandneeds.com. To go to this Juvenile Detention Exam (JDE) discussion click on this JDE Discussion in Risk & Needs website.

Additional Information can be provided upon request. Risk & Needs Assessment, Inc. P.O. Box 44256, Phoenix, AZ 85064-4256. Our telephone number is (602) 234 - 3506. Our Fax number is (602) 266 - 8227 and our e-mail address is skarca@riskandneeds.com. Risk & Needs’s offices are open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

ACDI is an acronym for Adolescent Chemical Dependency Inventory. The ACDI - Corrections Version II is an automated (computer scored on-site) juvenile assessment instrument or test. It consists of 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. Version II has seven (7) measures (scales): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Alcohol Scale, 3. Drugs Scale, 4. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 5. Distress Scale, 6. Adjustment Scale, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities Scale.

The ACDI - Corrections Version II is used widely in Juvenile Probation Departments and counseling/treatment programs in the United States. It is also appropriate for troubled youth assessment in juvenile detention centers.

The ACDI Corrections Version II Manual discusses the ACDI Corrections Version II and explains how it works. To review this test manual click on the ACDI - Corrections Version II Manual link. This manual is a must read for test users. It explains how the test works, explains the seven empirically based scales and their risk classification, talks about accurate and inaccurate profiles, discusses test instructions, describes "Human Voice Audio" and more.

An example ACDI - Corrections Version II report helps evaluators understand how the obtained information is summarized and concisely presented. To review an ACDI - Corrections Version II report click on this Version II Example Report link.

Version II’s "Cost information" is presented with Risk & Needs’s test user agreement, volume discounts, etc. can be reviewed by clicking on this Cost link.

Perhaps the most comprehensive ACDI - Corrections Version II source of information is presented on Risk & Needs’s website www.riskandneeds.com . Upon entering the site click on the "Juvenile Tests" and then "Alphabetically Listed" links. Then scroll down to the ACDI - Corrections Version II name and click on it. You will then go to the test's webpage.

Scale Interpretation is presented near the end of the ACDI - Corrections Version II webpage. To read this discussion click on this Scale Interpretation link.

Additional Information can be provided upon request. Risk & Needs Assessment, Inc. P.O. Box 44256, Phoenix, AZ 85064-4256. Our telephone number is (602) 234 - 3506. Our Fax number is (602) 266 - 8227 and our e-mail address is skarca@riskandneeds.com . Risk & Needs’ offices are open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

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