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Reproducing, Using & Translating Schema Inventories
The inventories on this site are for evaluation purposes only. To reproduce any schema inventory for research or clinical use, you must first either order a set of inventories from us, or pay for permission to use them. (For ordering and pricing information, please go to the How To Purchase section of the web site.) Copying any of the inventories without purchasing the packet from us, or paying for permission to copy them, is a violation of copyright law.
The packet contains one copy of each schema inventory in English. Ordering the packet automatically grants you permission to make unlimited copies of each inventory for your own use. (The price of the packet covers our clerical and mailing expenses, and also offsets some of the development costs.)
Furthermore, should we revise any of the inventories, you will be entitled to one free revised copy of each inventory, upon request, within one year of the date of your original purchase. (However, any future revisions that are distributed or scored by independent test publishers, or foreign translations, will not be included with your purchase.)
Once you purchase your packet of inventories, please be sure not to alter the questionnaires in any way without our express permission. Also, do not, under any circumstances, remove the copyright notice at the bottom of each questionnaire. Finally, if you are using the inventories for research, please send us a copy of your findings when you have written them up.
If you would like to make copies from this internet site, or if you already have up-to-date copies from some other source, you can pay for permission to copy the inventories, but not have us mail them to you. This is the least expensive option, but you will not get "clean" originals to copy from.
I cannot grant you permission to reprint any of the inventories in other publications, or to sell copies of the inventories to others.
Translating Schema Inventories
If you are interested in translating the inventories into another language, be sure to write us for permission first, since they have already been translated into many languages. Translating any inventories without our express written permission is a violation of international copyright law.
If you do translate an inventory with our permission, we will require that you locate a colleague who is fluent both in English and in your language (preferably someone for whom English is his or her native language) to check over the translation to be sure the meaning of the items is very close to the original meaning. We have had problems with translations into other languages when the words are translated too literally, or when the translators do not really understand the meaning of the individual schemas, according to our definitions.
Once the translation has been approved, you will be required to make them easily available to other therapists and researchers in your country, charging enough to cover your own expenses, but without significant profit. You must reprint the copyright notice at the bottom of each inventory, including your own name and address as well as ours. Of course, you will also be required to send us copies of the translations for our own files.
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