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NDACAN Measure Details

Child Well-Being Scales (CWBS)

Description:

The Child Well-Being Scales are a aset of standardized client outcome measures specifically designed to meet the needs of a program evaluation in child welfare services. The instrument measures a family's (or child's) position on 43 eparate dimensions using fully anchored rating scales completed by social workers. The dimensions cover the four areas of parenting role performance, familial capacities, child role performance, and child capacities, as discussed in chapter 1. The scales focus on issues common to a broad range of child- and- family -oriented services, with particular emphasis on problems encountered in child protection.

Citations

Magura, S. & Moses, B.S. (1987). Outcome measures for welfare services: Child well-being scales and rating form. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Retrieved from: http://www.cwla.org/pubs/pubdetails.asp?PUBID=3067

Magura, S. & Moses, B.S. (1987). Outcome measures for child welfare services: Theory and applications. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Retrieved from: http://www.cwla.org/pubs/pubdetails.asp?PUBID=2249

Gaudin, J. M. J., Polansky, N. A., & Kilpatrick, A. C. (1992). The child well-being scales: A field trial. Child Welfare. 71(4), 319-328. Retrieved from: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9210190192&site=ehost-live