I recently came across this really good article on Multi-Systemic Therapy, a community-based mental health model that CDR has promoted for years. The article is on the website Choosing Therapy, and gives a very thorough and objective explanation on the program, and its target population. I have to be honest, I don’t know much about […]
Community Data Roundtable Uses Machine Learning to Predict Improvements in Community-Based Behavioral Health Services for Children
Community Data Roundtable (CDR) is proud to announce its first peer-reviewed publication. Appearing online on April 24, 2021 the article is a scientifically structured presentation of some of CDR’s most cutting-edge data analytic techniques. The article is appearing in Children and Youth Services Review, a monthly peer-reviewed journal with international reach. “We wanted to publish in a journal that […]
Unlocking the Power of CANS – California CANS Initiative
For the last two years, California behavioral health providers have been regularly rating Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessments with families in their care. Organizations are now in the flow of yearly staff certification, adjusting clinical workflows and processes to include CANS rating and treatment planning, and conceptualizing needs and strengths in terms […]
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Contributions to Data Visualization
It is African American History Month, and this is a time where all of us reflect on black experience in our country, and the amazing contributions of African Americans to the American story. One of the most often bandied names during this time is obviously W.E.B. Du Bois, who reigns as a pure “A-lister” in […]
New In-Depth CANS Training Video added to our CDR “Toolbox”
I am proud to introduce a new video in our CDR “Toolbox,” in which I provide a full demonstration of how to use the DataPool™ application to score a CANS through a tele-health interview. We have put this video together because we often get questions like: So what does it actually look like to score […]