There is one questionnaire with 22 questions in 7 question categories. The question categories are shown below:
- Mandatory Holds (questions 1 to 3)
- Serious Delinquent (questions 4 to 8)
- Risk of Self Harm (questions 9 to 12)
- Public Safety Risk (questions 13 to 16)
- Family or Community Resources (questions 17 to 20)
- Responsible Adult (question 21)
- Felony Charge (question 22)
Not all question groups are asked for all youths. Whether a group is asked depends on positive responses to questions in previous groups.
The logic for this can be seen in the flowchart below.
Figure 1. Questions flowchart
From this flowchart, we can derive the rules for the assessment.
For example:
- If answer 1 or 2 or 3 is not 'Yes'
- AND answer 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 is 'Yes'
- AND none of 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 is 'Yes'
- AND answer 21 is not 'Yes'
- Then result is Level 2
We will see later that for this assessment, it isn't necessary to set up all this logic, due to the ability to direct a user through an IEG script using preconditions.