The Singapore version of the (CANS) was adapted for the child welfare population by a work group consisting of local professionals such as psychologists and social workers from child protection services, in consultation with the developer of the CANS. The Singapore version of the CANS consists of 82 items across seven domains (Life Functioning, School, Behavioral and Emotional Needs, Risk Behavior Needs, Long term Caregiver and Strengths). Several studies have established the measurement properties of the CANS and have established the CANS to be reliable at the item level, allowing individual items to be used in data analyses .