Intended for use with children between the ages of 6 and 11 who show signs of early
involvement in antisocial behaviour, the Early Assessment Risk List Tools for Boys
(EARL-20B) and Girls (EARL-21G) were designed to:
- Assist practitioners working within a wide range of disciplines in the identification
of risk factors associated with future antisocial behaviour;
- Promote a structured, gender-sensitive approach to risk assessment;
- Help professionals to develop, prioritize and implement risk-reducing
treatment options;
- Make scientific research about risk factors accessible to practitioners;
- Help bridge the gap between risk factor research and clinical practice,
and vice versa.
We created these public domain tools so that they would be used freely with minimal
expense to the user. It is our hope that their application - during the course of clinical
practice or through systematic scientific research - will produce improved knowledge
of how to prevent future antisocial behaviour in this specific population of at-risk children.
