Drug Treatment Funding Program - best practice screening and assessment project : Best practice screening and assessment project

"The Ontario submission to Health Canada's Drug Treatment Funding Program included the present project, the objectives being to assess the acceptability and utility of a new common package of screening and assessment tools and procedures for addictions treatment services in Ontario. The selection and pilot testing of these various screening and assessment tools was to culminate in a set of recommendations going forward to refresh or replace the current set of tools known as Admission and Discharge Criteria and Assessment Tools (ADAT). The project built upon other work undertaken for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MoHLTC) in the past few years on screening and assessment tools and processes in Ontario. This included an evaluation of the ADAT tools and related processes by Rush and Martin (2006). This evaluation called for a refresh or, if needed, a full replacement of the ADAT tools based on the feedback received."--Executive summary.