The 6th Annual CANS Conference will be held at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco from April 18th through 20th. Come and learn about the CANS or ANSA, further your skills, or even become a certified trainer. Please follow the links below.

• Conference Hotel Reservations
• Conference Description
• Conference Registration
• Call for Papers

The CANS Conference Group Code for the Hotel Nikko is "SPRAED". Please use this code to ensure your conference rate!

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John S. Lyons has recently published a new book describing the measurement theory (communimetrics) behind the CANS, ANSA and FAST. Follow this link to read more about it:

Communimetrics

The Praed Foundation is a public charitable foundation committed to improving the well-being of children and families.

This website provides information about three tools supported by the Foundation. The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) is a set of tools to support child and youth specific interventions. The Family Advocacy and Support Tool (FAST) is a tool to support interventions directed toward assisting families. The Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) is a tool to support interventions for people 18 and older. These three tools are designed to be compoinets of a management approach called Total Clinical Outcomes Management (TCOM). On this site, you will find copies of manuals and answers to frequently asked questions. A video clip from a training website is also provided as an overview. In addition, a powerpoint presentation of the TCOM approach is provided.

• To contact us, please send us your message at either University of Ottawa, or the Praed Foundation.