These scales have been designed to allow multi-disciplinary
child and adolescent mental health services to aid in the routine
measurement of outcomes for children and adolescents. The materials
comprise of a brief report on research and development, trainers
guide, glossary, score sheets and labels for case notes and the new
video workshop.
Final report
This is the final report which details the development and
field trials of HoNOSCA from September 1995 to March 1997. This
report is split into the following sections:
- Executive summary
- Background and preliminary development
- Field trials
- Conclusions
- References and appendices
Brief report
This is a summary of the final report. The first considers the
HoNOSCA remit, followed by the stages of work and further
background. The report is divided into the following sections:
remit, stages of work, start-up phase, pilot phase, field trials,
data collection, analysis and conclusions. It then gives details
about the pilot phase and discusses the field trials which details
the recruitment of sites, the data collection and analysis and
finally, conclusions drawn.
Glossaries
These are small, handy folding reference guides to the rating
of the fifteen HoNOSCA scales with a small HoNOSCA score
sheet.
Score sheet
This is an A4 sheet containing a HoNOSCA score sheet.
Labels
These self-adhesive labels contain similar information to the
score sheets but are much smaller and can be used to stick into
case notes or other documents. There are four labels on each A4
sheet.
Video Workshop
This video provides a cost effective way of providing training
for interested professionals. The video is designed to be
interactive and is best used as an active training exercise. The
video workshop contains a video, trainer guide, four glossaries,
eight score sheets and a brief letter to the training organiser
about using the HoNOSCA video workshop.
Costs
HONOSCA materials are supplied free of charge to UK NHS Mental
Health Services for Children and Adolescents.
There is a charge for HoNOSCA materials for international
orders