TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Measuring Treatment Outcome for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances: Discriminant Validity and Clinical Significance of the Child and Adolescent Functioning Assessment Scale
JO  - Journal of child and family studies
A1  - Roy, Kimberlee
A1  - Roberts, Michael
A1  - Vernberg, Eric
A1  - Randall, Camille
SP  - 232
EP  - 240
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - We investigated the use of a popular measure, the Children and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS), in treatment outcome research. The sample included 70 children who had been discharged from an elementary therapeutic classroom (Intensive Mental Health Program). Significant relationships were found between decreases in CAFAS scores and optimal educational placement, contributing to evidence of the scale's discriminant validity. Clinically significant change in CAFAS scores was also investigated, with a 30 point change in score most accurately discriminating between placements after discharge. Further investigations of real world outcomes versus changes in score on this measure are warranted.<p /> 
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SN  - 1062-1024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-007-9162-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -