THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS (CANS) The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) is a multi-purpose tool developed for children’s services to support decision making, including level of care and service planning, to facilitate quality improvement initiatives, and to allow for the monitoring of outcomes of services
The CANS Tool - California Dept. of Social Services Pursuant to the Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), county child welfare agencies are implementing the California Integrated Practice – Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (IP-CANS) Assessment tool According to its developer, John Lyons, the IP-CANS is a multi-purpose tool that supports decision-making, including level of care and service
Child Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Training The CANS is a multiple purpose information integration tool that is designed to be the output of an assessment process The purpose of the CANS is to accurately represent the shared vision of the child youth serving system—children, youth, and families
CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED PRACTICE—CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS . . . CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED PRACTICE—CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS CA IP-CANS Child’s Name: DOB: Gender: Race Ethnicity: Caregiver(s): Form Status: Initial Reassessment Discharge Case Name: Assessor: Case Number: Date of Assessment (dd mm yyyy)
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS-MH) The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) tool facilitates communication regarding issues and strengths that should be considered during treatment Use of the CANS requires training and certification to ensure consistency of ratings across users
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) - Santa Cruz Health Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) is a clinical assessment tool that is used to facilitate the linkage between the assessment process and the design of individualized service plans including the application of evidence-based practices
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Assessment Specifically, the CANS assessment aids child welfare agencies in assessing child safety and well-being, identifying a range of social and behavioral healthcare needs, supporting care coordination and collaborative decision-making, and, monitoring outcomes and services