ABSTRACT
Information is needed from multiple informants to most accurately assess trauma and other psychopathology in youths (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001; Ferdinand et al., 2003). Although children are able to report symptoms that permit a diagnosis of PTSD and associated difficulties, studies have shown that youths, parents, teachers, and clinicians make unique contributions to the prediction and the diagnosis of signs of maladjustment and psychopathology (Ferdinand et al.). For different observers, variations occur in the kinds of situations observed, what children are willing to reveal or display, the occurrence of low-frequency behaviors, and the youth’s reaction to observers (Martin, Wisenbaker, Huttenen, & Baker, 1997).
