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About These Tools

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is presenting these data tools for your information and use, but did not create them. These tools may be subject to copyright, and should be used within the terms of use outlined in any copyright restrictions.

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We hope you find these tools useful. We advise you to keep in mind that the content in these tools may cover sensitive issues that could be triggering for certain individuals.

North Carolina Data Portal

Author: Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems- University of Missouri Extension
Tool Type: Assessment, Dashboard, Data Visualization, National Data Source, Notes, Questionnaire / Survey, Reports
Existing Data Source

The North Carolina Data Portal provides users with access to data, maps, and tools required to conduct community health assessments and other public health activities. North Carolina’s NC Data Portal is poised to serve as the primary source of secondary health data for most local health departments.

Resilience Scale

Author: Dr. Gail Wagnild
Tool Type: Assessment
Data Collection Tool

This a valid and reliable self-assessment tool for individuals to measure their resilience, which is composed of 14 questions scaled from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). It generally takes three–four minutes to complete and has over 30 languages available besides English and Spanish.

School Climate Walk, Revised

Author: Originally from Baltimore Public Schools
Tool Type: Assessment
Data Collection Tool

This observational assessment tool on schools’ culture and climate was modified from Baltimore City Public Schools School Climate project. This tool would be helpful as a starting point in measuring school climate and collecting baseline data to inform capacity building in schools.

Professional Quality of Life Scale

Author: The Center for Victims of Torture
Tool Type: Assessment
Data Collection Tool

This scale is a self-assessment for individuals working with trauma and disaster survivors to evaluate their compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress in the last 30 days. ProQOL 5 is the most recent version and is available in 18 languages.

Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Infants Record Form

Author: Devereux Center for Resilient Children
Tool Type: Assessment
Data Collection Tool

This tool is a behavior rating scale among infants aged 1 month up to 18 months and toddlers aged 18 months to 36 months. It is an effective tool to measure individual growth in a four-week time frame, and it can be completed by parents, caregivers, and/or teachers.

Curbow Childcare Worker Job Stress Inventory

Author: Curbow Barbara, Spratt Kai, Ungaretti Antoinette, McDonnell Karen, Breckler Steven
Tool Type: Assessment, Questionnaire / Survey
Data Collection Tool

This inventory serves as a useful check-in tool on wellbeing and the working environment toward childcare workers. Each question in the assessment tool is scaled from 0 (Rarely/Never) to 4 (Most of the time/Always) in three areas: Job Demand, Job Resources, and Job Control.

MacArthur-Bates Short Form Vocabulary Checklist: Level I

Author: Cognitive Development Laboratory at San Diego State University
Tool Type: Assessment
Data Collection Tool

The MacArthur-Bates Short Form Vocabulary Checklist: Level I is an 89 words checklist to assess vocabulary comprehension and production of children aged from 8 months to 18 months old. It is available in both English and Spanish and can be completed by parents / caregivers or as interviews by a professional.

Trauma Sensitive School Checklist

Author: Lesley University & Massachusetts Advocates for Children
Tool Type: Assessment, Questionnaire / Survey
Data Collection Tool

This checklist is an assessment tool to evaluate the readiness of trauma-sensitive schools by measuring five components of school-wide policies and practices, classroom strategies and techniques, collaborations and linkages of mental health, family partnerships, and community linkages. This tool could be useful in providing data or as an evaluation tool.