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Assessment: Overview
Assessment in child welfare supports sound decision-making on child safety, permanency, and well-being for children and families, including those who want to strengthen their capacity to successfully care for their children as well as those at risk or who have already experienced abuse or neglect.
View assessment terms and definitions.
The goal of comprehensive family assessment is to identify the strengths, needs, resources, and challenges of children and families to determine:
- Whether supports, services, or interventions are needed
- The type and intensity of interventions and supports to be provided
- How these services affect the children, youth, and families served
- The child and family's progress in achieving their goals
Related Training
Use Workforce and training resources: Curriculum and other materials to search for curricula and other training resources on the following:
- Casework practice (assessment and interviewing)
- Child protective services (intake, investigation, screening)
- Differential response and critical decision-making
- Indicators of abuse and neglect
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Selected Resources
Ours to Keep: A Guide for Building a Community Assessment Strategy for Child Protection
Child Welfare League of America (1998)
View Abstract
Defines a new assessment approach, outlines essential criteria for each component, and discusses advantages and disadvantages of commonly used assessment instruments.
A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice
Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (HHS), User Manual Series (2003)
Provides the definition, scope, causes, and consequences of child maltreatment. Presents an overview of prevention efforts and the child protection process. (PDF - 4219 KB)
Comprehensive Family Assessment Guidelines for Child Welfare
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning (2005)
Components of comprehensive family assessment, its relationship to service planning and service provision, and how child welfare agencies can support its use. (PDF - 301 KB)
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