Project Description
Subject Summary, August 2008
Authors: Jane Gilgun & Alankaar Sharma
The NEATS is a competency-based, ecological assessment for children and families that directs practitioner attention to five areas of functioning that research has established as fundamental. These areas are neurobiology, executive function, attachment, trauma, and self-regulation. The title NEATS draws from the first letter of each of the five areas. The assessment is competency-based and ecological, meaning practitioners are guided to identify resources, strengths, competencies, and resilience within individuals and within the ecologies in which they live their lives.
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CASCW’s subject summaries were developed by affiliated faculty within the School of Social Work from 2004–2010. Child welfare-relevant evaluation findings, which include current policies and practices affecting Title IV-E eligible families and children, are incorporated into these supplemental training materials.
Each Subject Summary contains features such as discussion questions, selected references, additional resources, suggested guest speakers and a PowerPoint presentation.
