Designing a tool to measure the impact of client length of stay on treatment outcome

The following information is identified for each indicator in the tool: • whether the indicator is a client characteristic or program factor; • the level of applicability of the indicators identified in the literature to the Nimkee NupiGawagan Healing Centre (i.e., low, moderate, high, essential); and • a cursory discussion of the meaning of each indicator identified in the literature in relation [...] The aim of the associated guide is to identify and provide a cursory discussion of the indicators identified by the staff at the Healing Centre. [...] Appendix A of the full report is an expansion of the tool, and outlines • whether the indicator contributes to an increased or decreased length of stay; • if the indicator is collected by the Healing Centre, preliminary notes on the assessment tool it is collected with and the format of data collection, the stage of treatment it is collected at (i.e., intake, during the course of treatment, upon c [...] Of significance here is that the major themes identified in the responses to the question asked of the staff and in the client comments substantiate the indicators of client length of stay identified in the literature and in the staff interviews. [...] The last major theme to emerge from the staff responses was that the staff act as positive role models for the youth in treatment, both in their capacity as employees of the Healing Centre and in their displayed commitment to the Centre and their own life journeys.