For Immediate Release

Washington, DC, December 15, 2020 – The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP) are pleased to announce their partnership in delivering a new assessment tool for children and adolescents.

AACAP and AACP, in a joint effort, unified the Child and Adolescent Level of Care Utilization System (CALOCUS) and the Child and Adolescent Service Intensity Instrument (CASII) into a single instrument: the Child and Adolescent Level of Care/Service Intensity Utilization System (CALOCUS-CASII) for ages 6-18.

The CALOCUS-CASII is a standardized assessment tool that provides determination of the appropriate intensity of services needed by a child or adolescent and their family, and guides provision of ongoing service planning and treatment outcome monitoring in all clinical and community-based settings. Training in utilization of the CALOCUS-CASII is scheduled to be available both in person and online. The CALOCUS-CASII is also part of the “Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) Family of Instruments” lifespan suite which includes the Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) for those over 18 as well as the Early Childhood Service Intensity Instrument (ECSII) for those 0-5 years of age.

Current CALOCUS and CASII Users

The new CALOCUS-CASII includes harmonized descriptive language within the tools to merge the two instruments into one. The dimensions, service intensity levels, scoring, and scoring algorithm are fundamentally unchanged.

Current users of the CASII and the CASII online training can continue to use the existing materials, pending the release of the new tool and the updated online training that incorporates the new language.

Current users of the CALOCUS, including the Deerfield online platforms and scoring algorithms, may continue to use those materials as well, pending the release of the new tool and updated online materials that incorporate the new language.

Visit https://www.calocus-casii.org/ to learn more.  

For more information or questions regarding current and future training of the LOCUS, CALOCUS-CASII, or the ECSII, please contact the corresponding office below:

Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS)
Copyright American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP)
projectcoordinator@communitypsychiatry.org

Child and Adolescent Level of Care/Service Intensity Utilization System (CALOCUS-CASII)
Copyright American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP) and American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
clinical@aacap.org

Early Childhood Service Intensity Instrument (ECSII)
Copyright American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
clinical@aacap.org

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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry promotes the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families through advocacy, education, and research. Child and adolescent psychiatrists are the leading physician authority on children’s mental health. For more information, please visit www.aacap.org

American Association for Community Psychiatry
The mission of the American Association for Community Psychiatry is to promote health, recovery and resilience in people, families and communities by inspiring and supporting community psychiatric care providers, and in transforming behavioral health care. www.communitypsychiatry.org