Measurement Tools for Child Welfare
Measurement tools in child welfare consist of both screening tools and assessment tools. The CEBC provides information on tools that are commonly used in the child welfare system. In order to help agencies evaluate tools, the research evidence for each tool was assessed and a rating is provided. A basic description of each tool, as well as access/purchase and contact information, is available through the links below. Please note that this list reflects the measurement tools that the CEBC has reviewed to date and is not a comprehensive list of measurement tools used in child welfare.
The CEBC reviews several types of measurement tools:
Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence Tools
Tools Used for Assessing Family Attributes
- Colorado Family Support Assessment, Version 2.0 (CFSA 2.0)
- Family Development Matrix (FDM)
- North Carolina Family Assessment Scale – General +Reunification (NCFAS-G+R)
- Protective Factors Survey (PFS)
- Protective Factors Survey, 2nd Edition (PFS-2)
- Trauma and Post-Trauma Well-Being Tool (T/WB)
Downloadable Measurement Tools Summary
Updated on 11/1/24.
Mental Health Tools
- Ages and Stages Questionnaire®, Third Edition (ASQ®-3)
- Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ®:SE-2)
- Brief Assessment Checklist for Adolescents (BAC-A)
- Brief Assessment Checklist for Children (BAC-C)
- Family Map Inventories
- Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)
- Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up (M-CHAT-R/F)
- Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)
- Mood and Feelings Questionnaire-Short Form (MFQ-SF)
- Mood Disorder Questionnaire, The (MDQ)
- Ohio Youth Problems, Functioning, and Satisfaction Scales (Ohio Scales)
- Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) for Adolescents
- Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17)
- Pediatric Symptom Checklist-35 (PSC-35)
- Screen for Childhood Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
- Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire – Revised (SBQ-R)
- The Treatment Outcome Package (TOP) – Adolescent
- The Treatment Outcome Package (TOP) – Adult
- The Treatment Outcome Package (TOP) – Child
- Youth Outcomes Questionnaire (YOQ)
Updated on 1/22/2026
Parenting Tools
- Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI- 2.1)
- Alabama Parenting Questionnaire
- Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI)
- Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS)
- NCAST Parent-Child Interaction Teaching Scale (PCI-T)
- Parenting Scale
- Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)
- Parenting Stress Index (PSI)
- Resource Parent Self-Assessment on Caregiving for Teens (RPSAC-T)
- Skills Assessment for Parents with Intellectual Disability
- Treatment Foster Parent Satisfaction Survey (TFP-SS)
Downloadable Measurement Tools Summary
Updated on 11/1/24.