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International Center of Excellence for Evidence Based Practices

International Center of Excellence for Evidence Based Practices

Clinician’s Corner

Clinician’s Corner is a centralized resource hub designed to support high-quality CAT implementation in community settings. Here you will find manuals, assessment tools, intervention templates, and trainer materials that help structure treatment delivery and promote fidelity to evidence-based practice. These resources are intended to strengthen practitioner confidence, consistency, and impact.

Effective Cognitive Adaptation Training requires thoughtful assessment, practical tools, and ongoing support. The resources below are organized to guide clinicians through each stage of CAT delivery, from initial assessment and treatment planning to intervention implementation and trainer development. Whether you are newly trained or an experienced provider, these materials are designed to enhance fidelity, streamline workflow, and improve outcomes for the individuals you serve.

CAT Treatment Delivery

This section includes CAT manual to guide practitioners supporting individuals in recovery utilizing Cognitive Adaptation Training (CAT) strategies. The CAT Kit inventory list and CAT fidelity scale are provided to help structure your treatment delivery.

  • CAT Manual
    This manual is designed to guide health care workers in supporting individuals in recovery using Cognitive Adaptation Training (CAT) strategies.
  • Comprehensive List of CAT Interventions
    Comprehensive List of CAT Interventions
  • CAT Kit Inventory List
    CAT Kit Inventory List These are helpful items every CAT therapist should carry with them in a kit. Keep it in your car at all times. You don’t want to show up to a visit with an intervention (sign, calendar) no way to implement it.
  • CAT Fidelity Scale
    The 5 point scales for rating fidelity to the CAT model ranges from (0) where the therapist did not adhere to that aspect of the model to (4) where there is good adherence and very high skill. Thus, the scale assesses both adherence to the CAT model and skill in the application of CAT techniques.

CAT Assessment Forms

This section includes CAT assessment materials utilized by practitioners during the initial home visit to formulate the treatment planning and identify executive functioning and behavioral type.

  • Environmental and Functional Assessment
  • CAT Treatment Planning Form
    This form is not needed if using the pre-populated electronic version.
  • CAT Tscore Conversions
    This form is not needed if using the pre-populated electronic version of the Treatment Planning Form.

CAT Intervention Templates

This section includes downloadable templates of CAT interventions and environmental supports to enhance a practitioner’s tool kit when working with individuals in their recovery and independent living skills (e.g. budget, signs, task lists, etc.).

CAT Trainer Resources

This section includes resources for those practitioners that have completed an instructor led training of CAT Train the Trainer.

  • CAT Introduction Presentation
    Introductory PowerPoint presentation.
  • Top 15 Intervention Items
    A list of CAT intervention items.

Case Management Resources

This section includes additional resources to promote autonomous community living to individuals you serve.

  • Your Texas Benefits
    Learn how Your Texas Benefits can help you.
  • SafeLink Wireless
    SafeLink Wireless® is a participating Lifeline service provider. Lifeline is a federally-sponsored program that provides a discount on communication services to eligible individuals and families.
  • VIA Reduced Fare Application
  • Capital Metro/MetroAccess Reduced Fare Application