The Children's Functional Assessment Rating Scale - CFARS (John C. Ward, Jr., Ph.D. & Michael G. Dow, Ph.D., 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) is a way of documenting and standardizing impressions from clinical evaluations or mental status exams that assess cognitive, social and role functioning. For more information, try the links below or contact Dr. John Ward at The University of South Florida.

Information about a consumer satisfaction measure developed by Dr. Dow and Dr. Ward (The Behavioral Healthcare Rating of Satisfaction - BHRS) is available at http://www.bhrs.fmhi.usf.edu.

• Download the May 2006 CFARS Manual
  


• Go to CFARS Training and Certification Site
  (You must download and read this new manual before beginning your training...the manual has detailed instructions about registering for the online training, selecting your password, taking the training and printing your certificate.)
  

Information about the Functional Assessment Rating Scale for adult clients is here.

For information regarding the CFARS, contact:

John C. Ward, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor		Adjunct Associate Professor
Dep't of Mental Health, Law and Policy		Dep't of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute		College of Public Health

University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 974-1929; Fax: (813) 974-9327; E-mail: ward@fmhi.usf.edu