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Rapid Assessment Instrument

A rapid assessment instrument (RAI) is a short, standardized, self-report measure designed to be completed quickly and repeatedly so that a social worker can assess the magnitude of a client's problem, compare it against a validated clinical cutoff, and monitor change over the course of an intervention. The format was championed by Walter Hudson, whose Clinical Measurement Package scales set the template, and was systematized for practitioners by Springer, Abell, and Hudson, who laid out how to create and validate such instruments for practice and research.

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Rapid Assessment Instruments for Clinical Social Work Practice

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Springer, D. W., Abell, N., & Hudson, W. W. (2002). Creating and validating rapid assessment instruments for practice and research: Part 1. Research on Social Work Practice, 12(3), 408–439. · DOI 10.1177/1049731502012003005
Corcoran, K., & Fischer, J. (2013). Measures for Clinical Practice and Research: A Sourcebook (5th ed., Vols. 1–2). Oxford University Press. · ISBN 9780199778591

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