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Assessing Family Functioning
Resources for screening and assessing family functioning.
Family Assessment Form
Children's Bureau of Southern California
Offers information on a tool for assessing families, planning services, and evaluating results. Includes a free software trial and documentation on reliability and validity.
Family Functioning of Neglectful Families: Family Assessment Manual
National Resource Center on Family Based Services (1994)
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Describes instruments and procedures that constitute the basic methodology of a study that examined family functioning in families who were identified as neglecting the needs of their children.
Also View Abstract for the final report and findings from this study.
The Family Functioning Scale: A Guide to Research and Practice
Geismar & Camasso (1993)
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Assists users in assessing the social functioning of the family within the community.
The Juvenile Protective Association's Family Functioning Scale: Development and Use of a Family Outcome Measure in the Treatment of a High-Risk Service Population
American Humane Association & Juvenile Protection Association
Protecting Children, 18, 2004
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This article describes the scale, an instrument designed to assess four separate but related levels of family functioning. Results of a preliminary data analysis are included.
Measuring and Evaluating Family Change
Thomlison (2002)
In Family Assessment Handbook: An Introductory Practice Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention
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Reviews different types of assessment measures for evaluating overall family functioning. Provides guidelines for using measurement tools and steps for monitoring and evaluating family change.
Putting Family Functioning at the Center of Assessment: Providing Safety, Well-Being and Permanence for Children: A Multidisciplinary Assessment Curriculum
Zero to Three (2001)
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Curriculum and materials for a 5-day, 25-hour course for social workers regarding the multidisciplinary assessment of family functioning.
Validity and Reliability in Family Assessment
Franklin, Cody, & Jordan (2004)
In Evidence-Based Practice Manual: Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services
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Findings of reliability and validity tests of five measures to assess family interactions and environment.
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