Description
- A screening test, not a diagnostic test for intellectual disability
- Can be administered by non-psychologists in 5 -10 minutes
- Correctly screens for intellectual disability in 82% of cases and correctly excludes non-disabled clients in 72% of cases
- Correlates significantly with standardised tests of cognition and adaptive behaviour
- Is culture and gender fair
- Saves valuable time and resources
- The score indicates “Refer for further assessment” or “No referral”
- Administered individually, not in a group
Covers a wide age range – 13 to adulthood
Can be used with victims/complainants or offenders as a screening test
Suitable for use by probation and parole personnel, police, solicitors and barristers, corrective services staff, juvenile justice workers, alcohol and other drug counsellors, forensic and correctional mental health professionals
The HASI is widely used in Australia and also in the UK, USA, Canada, Norway and The Netherlands.
It has been translated into Norwegian, Dutch and Canadian French.
It is a unique and effective instrument to screen for intellectual disability.
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