Children spend 5 - 10 minutes filling it out and calculating their own scores. Teachers collect the papers. Multiply by multipliers to obtain the total score. Since this is done within the classroom, taking only 5 - 10 minutes of classroom time, that time is the basic expense. A simple record of the results should be kept to help health care worker see a historical pattern in the youngsters condition.
Many schools hold conferences in both the fall and spring.
This is a great time for screening. Schools may want these sheets to become part of the child's school records. This gives excellent longitudinal data. This may help to heighten the awareness that the rate of depression among girls rises dramatically after puberty. What We Can Do to Help Them and Ben's Story .