CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths) - correct answer A tool that is divided into two modules, consisting of 10 domains, compared of 139 assessment items.
The two modules assess child functioning, and parents and/or caregiver ability to meet the child's needs.
Provides a comprehe...
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CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths) - correct answer ✔✔A tool that is divided into two modules, consisting of 10 domains, compared of 139 assessment items. The two modules assess child functioning, and parents and/or caregiver ability to meet the child's needs.
Provides a comprehensive list of services needed for the purpose of the assessment, service referral, client service planning, case management, court determinations, and case review of progress
Why use CANS? - correct answer ✔✔Serves as a casework tool to record the summary of all client information that has ben collected for purposes of identifying the specific safety, well-being and permanency needs of the child and family Easy Comprehensive Decisive
What are the 10 domains of CANS - correct answer ✔✔1. Trauma experiences
2. Parent/caregiver Needs and Strengths 3. Transition to adulthood 4. Ratings of children 0-5
5. Child risk behaviors 6. Child behavioral/emotional needs
7. Traumatic stress syndrome 8. Child strengths 9. Life domain functioning 10. Acculturation Scoring - correct answer ✔✔Rating Scale 0-3
Action Levels for Needs 0 = no evidence, no need for action 1 = watchful waiting/prevention, suspicious or emerging need
2 = action (need is interfering in some way)
3 = immediate or intensive action; dangerous level Action Levels for Strengths 0 = a centerpiece strength/powerful strength on which to build 1 = a useful strength for planning and an opportunity for strength development.
2 = an identified strength requiring further development for use in case planning 3 = no known strength, a need for significant strength identification/or creation
CANS - Caregiver Needs and Strengths Domain - correct answer ✔✔The CANS Caregiver items consider the parents' and the substitute caregivers' ability to recognize, support and meet the needs of the involved children.
Strength focus
Family involvement Early reunification
When the permanency goal is returning home, guardianship, independence, cannot be provided for in home environment or status pending: - correct answer ✔✔Assess the parent every three months in coordination with the quarterly family meeting
Assess the substitute caregiver every six months When the permanency goal is adoption, guardianship, or independence and the birth parent is no longer
interested in reunification or services: - correct answer ✔✔Assess the substitute caregiver every six months
8 illinois protective factors - correct answer ✔✔Safety Knowledge of parenting and child dev.
Identification and use of concrete supports in times of need
Positive family, community and social connections
Ability to nurture social and emotional competence of children Factors contributing to parent/caregiver resilience Commitment to permanency plan goal (caregivers only)
Commitment to permanency plan goal (parents only)
what are the 10 CANS domains? - correct answer ✔✔1) parent/caregiver needs & strengths
2) trauma experiences
3) traumatic stress symptoms
4) child strengths
5) life domain functioning
6) acculturation
7) child behavioral/emotional needs
8) child risk behaviors
9) ratings of children 0-5
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