Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) are multi-purpose tools for adult and children's behavioral health services used for:
- Decision making
- Level of care and service planning
- Quality improvement initiatives
- Monitoring of service outcomes
Documents
All clinicians who are completing the ANSA or the CANS assessments to AOA and CYF consumers must be certified to use the tools. Clinicians must be certified within 30 days after being hired for a Program and then recertified annually.
CANS manuals, rating sheets, and reports
The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) is a multiple purpose information integration tool that is designed to be the output of an assessment process. The purpose of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths – San Francisco (CANS-SF) is to accurately represent the shared vision of the child and youth serving system— children, youth, and families.
The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) is a multiple purpose information integration tool that is designed to be the output of an assessment process. The purpose of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths – San Francisco (CANS-SF) is to accurately represent the shared vision of the child and youth serving system— children, youth, and families.
Assessment sheet for use in CANS-SF for ages 0-5.
Assessment sheet for use in CANS-SF for ages 6-20.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-1 for Q2 7/1/2023-12/31/2023.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-2 for Q2 7/1/2023-12/31/2023.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-1 for Q2 7/1/2023-12/31/2023.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-2 for Q4 7/1/2023-12/31/2023.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-2 for Q4 7/1/2022-6/30/2023.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-2 for Q4 7/1/2022-6/30/2023.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-1 for Q4 7/1/2022-6/30/2023.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-1 for Q4 7/1/2022-6/30/2023.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-2 for Q4 7/1/2021-6/30/2022.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-2 for Q4 7/1/2021-6/30/2022.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-1 for Q4 7/1/2021-6/30/2022.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective CYF-1 for Q4 7/1/2021-6/30/2022.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective A.2b for Q4 7/1/2020-6/30/2021.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective A.2b for Q4 7/1/2020-6/30/2021.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective A.2a for Q4 7/1/2020-6/30/2021.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Performance Objective A.2a for Q4 7/1/2020-6/30/2021.
Get more best practice guidelines in the use of the CANS with the Behavioral Health Services (BHS) Child/Youth and Family's Tools to Improve Practice (CYF T.I.P.).
Pediatric symptom checklist (PSC) forms and information
Emotional and physical health go together in children. Because parents are often the first to notice a problem with their child’s behavior, emotions or learning, you may help your child get the best care possible by answering these questions. Also available in: Spanish, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Russian. You can also download forms in other languages.
The Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) is a 35-item parent/caregiver-report psychosocial screen designed to facilitate the recognition of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral problems so that appropriate interventions can be initiated as early as possible.
This is a report (automated in Avatar) that was created to provide written and visualized feedback to caregivers or parents, and it summarizes the overall needs of their children as well as those needs specific to four domains: attention, internalizing challenges, externalizing challenges, and school concerns.
This is an OPTIONAL tool that a care provider/clinician can use to give meaning to the PSC ratings.
ANSA manual and reports
Adult/Older Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) is a multiple purpose information integration tool that is designed to be the output of an assessment process. The purpose of the ANSA is to accurately represent the shared vision of the individual-serving system— individuals and families
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) Objective AOA-3 Outcomes Item-Level Report for Q4 7/1/2022-6/30/2023.
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) Objective AOA-3 OutcomesSummary Report for Q4 7/1/2022-6/30/2023.
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) Objective AOA-3 Outcomes Item-Level Report for Q3 7/1/2022-3/31/2023.
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) Objective AOA-3 Outcomes Summary Report for Q3 7/1/2022-3/31/2023.
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) Objective AOA-3 Outcomes Item-Level Report for Q2 7/1/2022-12/31/2022.
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) Objective AOA-3 Outcomes Summary Report for Q2 7/1/2022-12/31/2022.
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) Objective AOA-3 Outcomes Item-Level Report for Q4 7/1/2021-6/30/2022.
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) Objective AOA-3 Outcomes Item-Level Report for Q4 7/1/2021-6/30/2022.