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The Early Childhood Inventory-4 (ECI-4) is a behavior rating scale for young children that screens for a variety of emotional and behavioral disorders that is based on the criteria specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (American Psychiatric Association;1994). The ECI-4 is appropriate for use with male and female children 3-5 years old, and the teacher version is for day care providers and preschool and Head Start teachers.

ECI-4 scores show a high degree of correspondence with psychiatric diagnosis (criterion validity) and correlate well with other commonly used dimensional scales of psychopathology (convergent/divergent validity). As a result, the ECI-4 is useful as a screening instrument in mental health settings, pre-school settings, and healthcare facilities.

Two versions of the ECI-4 are available. The ECI-4 Parent Checklist contains 108 items and screens for 15 emotional and behavioral disorders, and the ECI-4 Teacher Checklist contains 87 items and screens for 13 emotional and behavioral disorders. Each of these instruments is designed to be completed in less than 20 minutes.

What the ECI-4 Measures

The ECI-4 screens for the following disorders:

	AD/HD		Dysthymic Disorder
	Oppositional Defiant Disorder		Reactive Attachment Disorder
	Conduct Disorder		Pervasive Developmental Disorder
	Generalized Anxiety Disorder		Asperger's Disorder
	Social Phobia		Eating, Sleeping, and Elimination Problems
	Separation Anxiety Disorder		Motor Tics
	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder		Vocal Tics
	Specific Phobia		Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
	Selective Mutism
	Major Depressive Disorder

Symptom Count scores (diagnostic model) and Symptom Severity scores (normative data model) are reported. 

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