Core issues from  Student Attachment Trauma Rating scale SATR  Copyright Youthlight Inc. 2007 Complete scale comes with purchase of the resource book: Why Is Johnny So Detached? A School Professionals Guide for Understanding and Helping Students with Attachment Issues.      Author:  Thomas M. Ottavi, Ph.D.     Contact for more information about use and research.

Functioning Areas                                                                     Self-Safety    1-5

1.     Basic trust of others

2.     A sense of safety or security

3.     Shame to many issues or mild conflicts

4.     Emotional responses suggesting fear or traumatic events

5.     Regulation of energy or activity level

6.     Past hurtful thoughts or memories                            Perception and Thinking    6-11

7.     Negative views toward self, school, or life

8.     Fights for control over many issues

9.     Attention seeking from others; acts very “needy”

10.   Problems expressing or identifying feelings

11.   Hypervigilance

12.   Challenging of rules and structure                                                Actions-Reactions  12-18

13.   Destruction or aggression

14.   Stealing and/or lying problems

15.   Acts emotionally superficial

16.   Avoids or has limited engagement

17.   Frequent verbal exaggeration

18.   Persistent negative actions

19.   Insecurity about the permanence placement        Home-School-Community   19 - 23

20.   Preoccupation with own behaviors problems

21.   Problems establishing working relationships

22.   Challenges in coordinating expectations educational approaches

23.   Insufficient family support services or therapy

SATR  allows for ratings by multiple school professionals       Read more about SATR

Ratings from 0= none up to 4 = severe;  repeated measures help to track regression or progress

Core issues from  Student Attachment Trauma Rating scale SATR  Copyright Youthlight Inc. 2007 Complete scale comes with purchase of the resource book: Why Is Johnny So Detached? A School Professionals Guide for Understanding and Helping Students with Attachment Issues.      Author:  Thomas M. Ottavi, Ph.D.     Contact for more information about use and research.

Functioning Areas                                                                     Self-Safety    1-5

1.     Basic trust of others

2.     A sense of safety or security

3.     Shame to many issues or mild conflicts

4.     Emotional responses suggesting fear or traumatic events

5.     Regulation of energy or activity level

6.     Past hurtful thoughts or memories                            Perception and Thinking    6-11

7.     Negative views toward self, school, or life

8.     Fights for control over many issues

9.     Attention seeking from others; acts very “needy”

10.   Problems expressing or identifying feelings

11.   Hypervigilance

12.   Challenging of rules and structure                                                Actions-Reactions  12-18

13.   Destruction or aggression

14.   Stealing and/or lying problems

15.   Acts emotionally superficial

16.   Avoids or has limited engagement

17.   Frequent verbal exaggeration

18.   Persistent negative actions

19.   Insecurity about the permanence placement        Home-School-Community   19 - 23

20.   Preoccupation with own behaviors problems

21.   Problems establishing working relationships

22.   Challenges in coordinating expectations educational approaches

23.   Insufficient family support services or therapy

SATR  allows for ratings by multiple school professionals       Read more about SATR

Ratings from 0= none up to 4 = severe;  repeated measures help to track regression or progress