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The Development of a Scale To Assess the Emotional and Behavioral Strengths of Children.
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Epstein, Michael H.; Sharma, Jennifer; McKelvey, Janet; Frankenberry, Erin – 1996
This paper describes the development of the Behavioral and Emotional Strengths Scale (BESS), developed as part of a program which focuses on strengths of children usually seen as having severe emotional and/or behavioral disorders. The BESS is a 68-item scale that identifies children's behavioral strengths on five dimensions: (1) self-control; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Children, Emotional Development