Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS)
(Hodges, 1994) Kay Hodges, Ph.D.
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The CAFAS was designed to assess the degree to which a child's or adolescent's mental health or substance abuse problems are disruptive to his or her functioning in each of five psycho-social domains. The five subscales include role performance, thinking, behavior toward others and self, moods and emotions, and substance use. A sixth subscale was recently added which assesses the extent to which the primary care giver has difficulties in providing for the child's basic needs. The required CAFAS data elements and reporting requirements are shown in Table 7 of the Core Data Requirements Section of this manual and a more detailed description of the instrument is contained in Appendix A.