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  • Chapter 4 - Using CANDID-S

  • Kiriakos Xenitidis, Mike Slade, University of Nottingham, Graham Thornicroft, King's College London, Nick Bouras, King's College London
  • Book:
    Camberwell Assessment of Need for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
    Published online:
    15 February 2021
    Print publication:
    04 March 2021, pp 11-13

  • Summary

    Step by step description of using the CANDID-S as a needs assessment tool is provided. This includes suggestions on what CANDID-S can be used for (clinical and research purposes in community and hospital settings) and who can use CANDID-S (no formal training is required and can be used by any person with experience in working with adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems). Furthermore, the question of who should be interviewed is addressed, whilst highlighting the importance of assessing needs of the person from three perspectives that of the person being assessed, their informal carer and that of staff involved in their care. Then a description is provided as to how the instrument is used by way of a semi-structured interview using trigger questions in each domain, to initiate discussion. A timeframe of 4 weeks is used and the interview with each respondent takes typically 10-15 minutes. Finally, the approach to recording the need ratings is descibed and the concept of summary scores is introduced.

Camberwell Assessment of Need for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
  • CANDID
  • Kiriakos Xenitidis, Mike Slade, Graham Thornicroft, Nick Bouras
  • Published online:
    15 February 2021
    Print publication:
    04 March 2021
  • The Camberwell Assessment of Need for adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (CANDID) is a widely used tool for the assessment of health and social needs of people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems. It uses the assessment approach adopted by CAN, the world's leading mental health needs assessment measure. Two versions of the CANDID are available: CANDID-S (short version) and CANDID-R (research version). Both versions are aimed at researchers and practitioners working with people with intellectual disabilities, and are suitable for clinical use in community and hospital-based services. Fully updated based on current policy, practice and terminology, this second edition introduces a more intuitive need rating system and an accessible rating algorithm. Guidance on how to use the measures is provided, as well as an overview of research developments since the first edition. The assessment forms are freely available to download from the CAN website (researchintorecovery.com/can) and cambridge.org.