CANS-MH
The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS-MH) tool facilitates communication regarding issues and strengths that should be considered during treatment.
Use of the CANS-MH requires training and certification to ensure consistency of ratings across users. Therefore, you must successfully complete training and certification prior to using the tool in your work. Typically, consistent evaluation of vignettes at a reliability level of 70% agreement is considered sufficient.
John S. Lyons, Ph.D., of the University of Ottawa Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario created the CANS-MH tool in collaboration with others. The copyright is held by the Praed Foundation.
- CANS-MH Training and Certification
- CANS-MH Form (PDF 79K)
- CANS-MH Manual (PDF 268K)