On going research on the validation of the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE) for use in an Irish context.
Professor Alan Carr is involved in this research project which is a pragmatic and clinically-based questionnaire for completion by family members 12 years and older, to capture indicators of family functioning that may be sensitive to therapeutic change arising from family therapy.It was developed by Professor Peter Stratton form Leeds University and his team to meet the increasing demands for family therapy to demonstrate its effectiveness. A series of studies are being conducted with a range of clinical and non-clinical samples to validate and norm this instrument for use in an Irish context. This research programme is being conducted in collaboration with Professor Peter Stratton, Leeds University. Dr Paul Cahill, Dr Ken O’Reilly and Declan Fay from the UCD doctoral programme in clinical psychology are on the project team.