A validity study of the St. Louis Inventory of Community Living Skills

Clinicians who work with the long term mentally ill often need an instrument which measures the level of community living skills. Independent raters scored 60 clients of the St. Louis Community Placement Program on the St. Louis Inventory of Community Living Skills (SLICLS), a 15-item instrument that requires little training and only a few minutes to complete. There was good inter-rater reliability and internal consistency. Construct validity was demonstrated for clients in three types of residences. Concurrent validity was demonstrated in relation to the longer Missouri Level of Care Instrument.