CEBC › Assessment Tools. Definition of Screening and Assessment Tools for Child Welfare: The CEBC defines screening and assessment tools for child welfare as those that may be commonly used by the child welfare system, or by child welfare related service providers, such as mental health clinicians.
The CEBC provides information on these tools in order to help child welfare agencies evaluate the research supporting each tool. In order to be included on the CEBC, the tool must meet two requirements: 1) it must have a manual and/or training available that describes how to administer and score it and 2) the tool must be likely to be used in the child welfare field or with children and caretakers in the child welfare system.
A basic description of each tool is provided, so that comparisons can be made between tools, and contact information is provided. Why was Screening and Assessment Tools chosen as an area of interest by the Advisory Committee? CEBC › Assessment Tools › Assessment Ratings. The purpose of having assessment ratings is to evaluate each screening and assessment tool for child welfare based on the available research evidence.
The topic expert assisted with identifying assessments that met the following criteria: The assessment measure has a manual and/or training available that describes how to administer it and score it. The assessment is likely to be used in the child welfare field or with children and caretakers in the child welfare system. CEBC › How Do You Use The Cebc.
The CEBC Sidebar The CEBC contains vast amounts of information, all accessible from the buttons on the sidebar which is located on every page in the website.
Click here to see what can be accessed from that sidebar. Home — brings you back to the homepage. From the homepage, you can search for a program by typing all or part of its name or abbreviation in the box next to "Search for a Program:" on the upper right part of the screen. Search — allows you to search for programs by a variety of characteristics individually or choose the Advanced Search to choose multiple characteristics to search by including age of child the program helps, if applicable. The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare.