Evaluating Child and Youth Mental Health & Addiction Services in Saskatchewan

AIM:
On behalf of the Department of Sociology, Dr. Dell has entered into a contract with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health to facilitate a formative evaluation of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Addiction Services across the provinces’ 13 Health Regions. The Ministry (Community Care Branch) has a goal of targeting the effective use of child and youth mental health resources toward improved mental health and well-being functioning for children, youth, and their families. The current focus is on implementing two complementary client outcome indicators based on the following measures: a) the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS); and b) the ASIST for Agencies (Outcome Rating Scale [ORS] and Session Rating Scale [SRS]). Dr. C. Randy Duncan is the lead investigator to facilitate the implementation of these outcome indicators, assist the Health Regions in pilot testing the associated measures, and collect, analyze, and report on the data.