Components of a Caseworker’s File
It may be more feasible to obtain CPS records if specific
information is requested in written form.
From Child Welfare Information Gateway http://www.childwelfare.gov/
Caseworker Guide Chapter 7: Family Assessment (see eGuidebook CPS Guide for
Caseworkers for entire Guide)
Family Assessment Guide
Reasons for Referral. Briefly summarize the primary reasons this family is receiving
continuing child welfare services and define the terms of any safety plan that was
developed with the family.
Sources of Information. Identify all sources of information used to frame this
assessment and refer to the specific dates of contact with the family and other persons
or systems that relate to assessment information.
Identifying Information. Describe the family system, as defined by the family. Include
members' names, ages, and relationship to the primary caregiver; sources of economic
support and whether it is perceived as adequate; and current school or vocational
training status. Describe the current household situation, including sleeping
arrangements, and the client's perception of their neighborhood, especially as it pertains
to safety.
Presenting Problems, Needs, and Strengths. Describe family members' perceptions
of the presenting needs as they relate to each individual member, the family system,
and its environment. As appropriate, include a history of the problem development and
previous attempts to address it, as well as an explanation of family members' readiness
and motivation to engage in help for the problem at this particular time. Also, identify the
family's stated goals as they relate to each problem.
Family Background and History. Write a social history. Ideally, the primary
caregiver(s) should be described first. Begin with his or her birth, and describe the
family of origin—its members, their relationships with each other, and significant
descriptive characteristics of each member. Follow that member's development into
adulthood and up to but not including the present time. Genograms are particularly
helpful in understanding life events over time. Identify important personal relationships,
including those characterized by maltreatment, substance abuse, or violence; identify
positive life events as well as stressful ones; and describe relationships with systems,
including educational, vocational, legal, religious, medical, mental health, and
employment. The history of other adults and children in the household should be
summarized, addressing the preceding points, as appropriate and available. Complete
this history in chronological order, if possible.
Present Status. Describe the present life situation of the family, particularly information
about risks and strengths related to each child in the family, each caregiver's
functioning, the family system, and the environment and community. Standardized
assessment measures may be helpful to better understand the family and identify areas
to be recorded in the casefile.
Tentative Assessment. Summarize risks and strengths related to each family member.
This is the opportunity for the worker to analyze the collected information and to draw
conclusions about the most important strengths and needs of individual family members
and the family as a system. Knowledge of human development, personality theory and
psychopathology, family systems, ecological theory, and psychosocial theory should be
drawn on to form these conclusions. The worker should make informed judgments
about the objective and observational information that has been collected and recorded.
In this section, the caseworker specifically summarizes what must change to reduce the
risk of child maltreatment.
Parenting
evaluation instruments directory
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/nnfr/eval/eval_pi.html
Attitudes to Having Children (1980)
Behavioral Coding System (1981)
Child Behavior Checklist (1983)
Child's Report on Parental Behavior Inventory (CRPBI) (1965)
Child-Rearing Sex Role Attitude Scale (1981)
Childhood Level of Well-Being Scale (1988)
Children's Perception Questionnaire (1982)
Cleminshaw-Guidubaldi Parent Satisfaction Scale (1985)
Cornell Parent Behavior Inventory (1970)
Cornell Socialization Inventory (1974)
Custody Quotient, Research Edition (1988)
Daily Home Report (n.d.)
Daily Rating of Effective Parenting (1974)
Difficulty Index for First-Time Parents (1965)
Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (1981)
EMBU: An Inventory Assessing Memories of Parental Rearing Behavior (1984)
Emotional Impact of Parental Attitudes (1980)
Environmental Assessment Index (1987)
Family Adjustment Test (1951)
Family Benefits Inventory (1986)
Family Constraining and Enabling Coding System (1984)
Family Decision-making Style Scale (1984)
Family Interaction Q-Sort (1988)
High Scope Knowledge Scale (1980)
Home Quality Rating Scale (1977)
Hopkins Surveys of School and Family Connections (1982)
Ideas about Parenting (1985)
Index of Parental Socialization Styles (1980)
Indexes of the Parent-Child Relationship (1986)
Infant Caregiving Inventory (1983)
Interaction Behavior Code
Interaction Rating Scale (1986)
Intra-Family Attitude Scales (1952)
Issues Checklist
Kansas Parental Satisfaction Scale (1985)
Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory (1981)
Little Parental Valuing Styles System (1986)
Marjoribanks Family Learning Environment Scale (1987)
Maryland Parent Attitude Survey (1966)
Maternal Developmental Expectations and Childrearing (1980)
Maternal Expectations, Attitudes, Beliefs Inventory (1984)
Maternal Social Support Index (1981)
Michigan Screening Profile of Parenting (1978)
Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation (1908)
NC-158 Q-Sort Inventory of Parental Behaviors (1983)
Neo-Natal Perception Inventories (1979)
Parent Affect Test (1983)
Parent Awareness Skills Survey (1990)
Parent Behavior Progression, Revised (1983)
Parent Perception Inventory (1983)
Parent Satisfaction with Child Care Scale (1975)
Parent-Child Areas of Change Questionnaire (1985)
Parent-Child Interaction Rating Scales (1964)
Parent-Child Relations Questionnaire (1963)
Parent-Child Relationship Survey (1988)
Parental Acceptance Coding Scheme (1986)
Parental Acceptance-Rejection Behavior Observation Procedures (1984)
Parental Acceptance-Rejection Interview Schedule (1984)
Parental Accpetance-Rejection Questionnaire (1978)
Parental Attitude Research Instrument (PARI) (1958)
Parental Attitude Survey Scales (1963)
Parental Attitudes Toward Childrearing (1981)
Parental Bonding Instrument (1979)
Parental Reaction to Dating Relationship Scale (1986)
Parenting Stress Index (1983)
Perceived Parenting Questionnaire (n.d.)
Perceptions of Parental Role Scales (1985)
Perinatal Anxieties and Attitudes Scale (1980)
Positive Attitudes Toward Living at Home (1988)
Psycholinguistic Classification System for Analyzing Mother-Child Interactions (1985)
Response-Class Matrix
Rules in the Home Checklist (1983)
Screening for Problem Parenting (1986)
Sentence Completion Series (1992)
Survey of School Climate for Pregnant and Parenting Teens (1987)
Therapy Attitude Inventory (1974)
Hierarchy
State Health Department
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Dept. of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/measure.htm
Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Influences Among
Youths:
A Compendium of Assessment Tools - Second Edition
This compendium provides researchers and prevention
specialists with a set of tools to assess violence-related
beliefs, behaviors, and influences, as well as to evaluate
programs to prevent youth violence. If you are new to the
field of youth violence prevention and unfamiliar with
available measures, you may find this compendium to be
particularly useful. If you are an experienced researcher,
this compendium may serve as a resource to identify
additional measures to assess the factors associated with
violence among youths.
Although this compendium contains more than 170
measures, it is not an exhaustive listing of available measures. A few of the more
widely used measures to assess aggression in children, for example, are copyrighted
and could not be included here. Other measures being used in the field, but not
known to the authors, are also not included. Many of the measures included in the
first edition of the compendium focused on individual violence-related attitudes,
beliefs, and behaviors. These types of measures are included in this edition as well
and may be particularly useful if you are evaluating a school-based curriculum or a
community-based program designed to reduce violence among youths. Several
measures to assess peer, family, and community influences have been added to the
compendium. Many of these measures are from the major longitudinal and
prevention research studies of youth violence being conducted in the United States.
Most of the measures in this compendium are intended for use with youths between
the ages of 11 and 24 years, to assess such factors as serious violent and delinquent
behavior, conflict resolution strategies, social and emotional competencies, peer
influences, parental monitoring and supervision, family relationships, exposure to
violence, collective efficacy, and neighborhood characteristics. The compendium also
contains a number of scales and assessments developed for use with children
between the ages of 5 and 10 years, to measure factors such as aggressive
fantasies, beliefs supportive of aggression, attributional biases, prosocial behavior,
and aggressive behavior. When parent and teacher versions of assessments are
available, they are included as well.
Read the compendium online:
Introduction
Section I. Attitude and Belief Assessments.
Section II. Psychosocial and Cognitive Assessments.
Section III. Behavior Assessments.
Section IV. Environmental Assessments.
Index
Download the entire compendium (This document is 6 mega bytes (MB) and will take
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Order this compendium online.
State Injury Profiles 2001
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Related Resources
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Injury Fact Book
The State Injury Profiles contain maps and tables of injury deaths and death rates for each
state in the nation. The profiles also include descriptions of CDC-sponsored injury
prevention programs and research activities in each state.
Note: These documents are large in file size (1-3 MB) and not recommended for download
through low bandwidth (e.g., dial-up Internet connection). For an interactive, online version
of the maps, visit Injury Maps.
Adobe Acrobat required to view or print the profiles.
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State and Local Health Departments Links
Framework for the assessment of children in
need and their families – pack (from UK, but
referenced for USA caseworkers to download.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4
008144
The assessment framework, practice guidance, questionnaires and scales, assessment
recording forms
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ISBN 0113224257
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2000
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4
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Crown
The development of the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families
(jointly issued by the Department of Health, the Department for Education and Employment and
the Home Office, 2000) has drawn heavily, from many disciplines, on the wealth of research and
accumulated practice experience about the developmental needs of children. The aim of the
practice guidance is to make transparent the evidence base for the Assessment Framework,
thereby assisting professionals in their tasks of analysis, judgement and decision making.
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Child Trauma Assessment
http://www.childtrauma.com/ax.html
Child Trauma Assessment
Here are some of our favorite child trauma measures, along with
varying amounts of information and a couple of links.
Note: This page is written for mental health professionals,
researchers, and students in the field.
publications - measures - order
Publications
Greenwald, R. (2004, September). Child trauma measures for research and practice. Poster session
presented at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Montreal.
Provides an overview of measurement issues for this population, as well as summaries of selected
measures along with sample items and contact information.
Greenwald, R. & Rubin, A. (1999). Brief assessment of children's post-traumatic symptoms:
Development and preliminary validation of parent and child scales. Research on Social Work Practice, 9,
61-75.
This preprint reports on the first validation studies for the Child Report of Post-traumatic Symptoms
(CROPS) and the Parent Report of Post-traumatic Symptoms (PROPS). These are 1-page measures of
broad-spectrum post-trauma & loss symptoms.
Greenwald, R., Rubin, A., Jurkovic, G. J., Wiedemann, J., Russell, A. M., O’Connor, M. B., Sarac, T.,
Morrell, T. R., & Weishaar, D. (2002, November). Psychometrics of the CROPS & PROPS in multiple
cultures/translations. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore.
Data on the CROPS and PROPS in 5 different studies/settings.
Greenwald, R., Rubin, A., Russell, A. M., & O’Connor, M. B. (2002, November). Brief assessment of
children's and adolescents' trauma/loss exposure. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore.
Data on the LITE in 3 different studies/settings.
Measures
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE MEASURES ARE AVAILABLE HERE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THEY
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Lifetime Incidence of Traumatic Events (LITE) - Student & Parent forms
Problem Rating Scale (PRS)
Impact of Events Scale - 8 child/adolescent items (IES-8)
SUDS and VoC Scale (SAVS) - Okay, that's "Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale" and "Validity of
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Problem Rating Scale (PRS)
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For Survivors and Loved Ones
INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND THERAPIST LISTING FROM SIDRAN'S HELP DESK
The Trauma Resource Specialists at Sidran's Help Desk will aid you in finding a therapist,
reading matter, and other resources to aid your progress toward recovery.
ARTICLES, FACT SHEETS, BROCHURES, WEBSITES
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By Esther Giller
What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
By Sidran Institute
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Fact Sheet
By PTSD Alliance
Myths and Facts About PTSD
By the PTSD Alliance
What Are Traumatic Memories?
By Sidran Institute
What Is a Dissociative Disorder?
By Sidran Institute
Self Inflicted Violence/Self Abuse/Self Injury
How to Choose a Therapist for Post-Traumatic Stress and Dissociative Conditions
A Recovery Bill of Rights for Trauma Survivors
by Thomas V. Maguire, Ph.D.
Rights and Responsibilities in Psychotherapy
by Laura S. Brown, Ph.D. ABPP
PTSD and Children
By Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D.
PTSD and Parenting
By Patience Mason
Helping a Child Manage Fears After a Traumatic Event
By Ceridian Corporation
Dental Tips for Individuals Sexually Abused as Children
by Kate F. Hays, Ph.D. and Sheila F. Stanley, Ed.D.
Retraumatizing the Victim
By Ann Jennings, Ph.D.
Understanding Integration as a Natural Part of Trauma Recovery
By Rachel Downing, L.C.S.W.-C.
About Medications for Combat PTSD
By Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.
Parents as Partners in the Treatment of Dissociative Children
By Frances S. Waters, M.S.W.
When a Terrorist Act Occurs
By Ceridian Corporation
The Effects of DID on Children of Trauma Survivors
By Esther Giller
What the Hell Is Satanic Ritual Abuse?
by Leonard Holmes, Ph.D.
Position Statement on Services and Supports to Trauma Survivors
By the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Exposure To A Traumatic Event Does Not Automatically Put A Person On A Path To Develop
PTSD: The Importance of Protective Factors To Promote Resiliency.
by Carl C. Bell, M.D.
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Library Search Results
CD-42432
Assessing children's well-being : a handbook of measures.
Naar-King, Sylvie. Ellis, Deborah A. Frey, Maureen A.
Wayne State University
Book
xv, 307 p.
Copyright
Published: 2004
Publication Information: Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Available from: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. 325 Chestnut St., Suite 800
Philadelphia, PA 09106
Tel: 215-625-8900 1800-354-1420
Fax: 215-625-2940
Available From:http://www.leaonline.com/
This comprehensive reference describes a wide variety of instruments used to
measure dimensions of child well-being. The assessments are grouped by
category: health status and quality of life, adherence, pain management, child
behavior, child development, child coping, cognitions and attitudes, environment,
and consumer satisfaction. Each section includes an overview that explains
theories and issues for consideration. The reviews provide information about the
source, availability, purpose, standardization, reliability and validity, and
publications about the measure.
Keywords:
measures; assessment; well being; child health; child development; child
behavior
Comprehensive
Family Assessment Guidelines
for
Child Welfare
View printable version (PDF -
Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
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Assumptions Central to these Guidelines
What is Comprehensive Family Assessment?
Need for the Guidelines
Foundations of Quality Practice
2. Comprehensive Family Assessment
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When Is Comprehensive Family Assessment Done?
Fundamentals of Comprehensive Family Assessment
3. Components of Comprehensive Family Assessment
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Developing a Comprehensive Focus
Identifying Strengths and Protective Factors
Obtaining Information and Evaluations from Other Sources
4. Comprehensive Family Assessment Process
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Review Existing Information
Meet with the Family
Interview Children
Meet with Staff of Other Agencies
Obtain Specialized Assessments
Make Judgments and Decisions: Link Comprehensive Family Assessment to the
Development of a Service Plan
Document Information
Conduct Ongoing Assessment of Progress and Needs
Disseminate Information to the Family and Other Providers and Update the Service
Plan
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Reassess Prior to Case Closure
5. Administrative Supports for Comprehensive Family Assessment
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Direction and Support in Policies
Availability, Adequacy, and Accessibility of Services
Training and Preparing Staff
Clinical Supervision and Mentoring
Coordination of Services Provided Through Other Agencies
Accountability and Evaluation
6. Conclusions
7. Resources Relevant to Comprehensive Family Assessment