- Overview
   - What Youth Measures
   
- Development Foundation
   - Development Objectives
   - Benefits
   - Differentiators
   - System Components
   
- References


Differentiators

• Content is periodically updated based on leading edge child/youth development research

• Provides content appropriate to various intensities of care and other specialized settings (e.g., juvenile justice, education)

• Provides information appropriate to organizational and strategic planning (e.g., how do our outcomes compare with those of other programs?)

• National Institute of Health (NIH) reviewed and funded

• Designed to incorporate “predictive” formulas to predict:

• What types of adolescents do best (worse)?

• What risk factors affect adolescent outcomes?

• Which adolescents change in treatment?

• What proportion of adolescents are placed “correctly” and receive the “correct” intensity of services?

• Facilitates family participation in the planning and monitoring of treatment

• Symptomology/functioning content based on NIH priority target areas for adolescents

• Consultation with premier healthcare organizations and world-known consultants on assessing healthcare outcomes (Dr. John Lyons, Northwestern University) throughout development.

• Automated

• Clinically actionable, real-time reports

• Easily integrated into the daily routine of an organization

• Custom surveys and reports

• Allows for severity adjusted comparisons to other programs

 
 
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