Client Assessment Inventory (CAI)
Overview
- Purpose
- To measure clinical progress in a therapeutic community programs
- Respondent
- Person with a Disability
- Administration Method
- Interview
- Administration Mode
- In-person
- Item Count
- 24
- Population
- Mental Health Challenges
Instrument Citation(s)
Instrument Available at: http://www.ndri.org/manuals-instruments/CAI.pdf 
Instrument Domains
| Domain | Number of Items |
|---|---|
| Service Delivery and Effectiveness | 2 |
| Delivery | 1 |
| Person's needs met and goals realized | 1 |
| Workforce | 1 |
| Person-centered approach to services | 1 |
| Adequately compensated with benefits | 0 |
| Culturally competent | 0 |
| Demonstrated competencies when appropriate | 0 |
| Safety of and respect for the worker | 0 |
| Staff Turnover | 0 |
| Sufficient workforce numbers dispersion and availability | 0 |
| Workforce engagement and participation | 0 |
| Caregiver Support | 0 |
| Access to resources | 0 |
| Family caregiver/natural support involvement | 0 |
| Family caregiver/natural support wellbeing | 0 |
| Training and skill-building | 0 |
| Choice and Control | 0 |
| Choice of services and supports | 0 |
| Personal choices and goals | 0 |
| Personal freedoms and dignity of risk | 0 |
| Self-direction | 0 |
| Community Inclusion | 0 |
| Employment | 0 |
| Meaningful activity | 0 |
| Resources and settings to facilitate inclusion | 0 |
| Social connectedness and relationships | 0 |
| Transportation | 0 |
| Consumer Leadership in System Development | 0 |
| Evidence of meaningful caregiver involvement | 0 |
| Evidence of meaningful consumer involvement | 0 |
| System supports meaningful consumer involvement | 0 |
| Equity | 0 |
| Availability | 0 |
| Equitable access and resource allocation | 0 |
| Transparency and consistency | 0 |
| Fluctuation of Need | 0 |
| Holistic Health and Functioning | 0 |
| Health promotion and prevention | 0 |
| Individual health and functioning | 0 |
| Human and Legal Rights | 0 |
| Freedom from abuse and neglect | 0 |
| Informed decision-making | 0 |
| Optimizing the preservation of legal and human rights | 0 |
| Privacy | 0 |
| Supporting individuals in exercising their human and legal rights | 0 |
| Level of Caregiver Well-Being | 0 |
| Person-Centered Planning and Coordination | 0 |
| Assessment | 0 |
| Coordination | 0 |
| Person-centered planning | 0 |
| System Performance and Accountability | 0 |
| Data management and use | 0 |
| Evidence-based practice | 0 |
| Financing and service delivery structures | 0 |
Psychometric Citation
Kressel, D., De Leon, G., Palij, M., & Rubin, G. (2000). Measuring client clinical progress in therapeutic
community treatment: The therapeutic community Client Assessment Inventory, Client
Assessment Summary, and Staff Assessment summary. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment,
19, 267-272.- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- English
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean age = 34 years; ranges not reported
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years
- Sample: Countries/State
New York
- Sample: Disability Type
Mental Health Challenges
- Sample: Gender (%male)
Nearly three quarters are male
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
Slightly more than half the total sample were black, a little more than a quarter were Latino and the rest were White or Other
- Sample: Sampling Strategy
Convenience Sample
- Sample: Size
346
- Reliability: Internal Consistency
Cronbach’s for the scale (α = .97)
- Study design
- Cross-Sectional