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Learning Objectives
• Examine the basic history and development of the Casey Life Skills Tools;
• Operate the Casey Life Skills Tools and web site; and
• Employ the Ansell Casey Life Skills Assessment in your work place and with youth.
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Do you have additional objectives for today?
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Foundations of Casey’s work• Youth centered;• Expert-focused;• Strengths-based;• Developmentally appropriate;• Diverse and anti-racist; and• Useful for setting case goals.
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Its My Life Framework
The Seven Domains• Identity formation;• Supportive relationships and community
connections;• Physical and mental health;• Life skills;• Education;• Employment; and• Housing.
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Why Was the ACLSA Needed?
• In the early 1990s, Casey discovered the need for an instrument that:– Includes youth and caregivers;– Is strengths-focused;– Is developmentally appropriate;– Is culturally sensitive and gender
appropriate; and– Is useful for setting case goals.
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Who Developed the ACLSA?• Casey Family programs, who also
developed the “It’s My life Framework”• Dorothy Ansell, Director, the National
Resource Center for Youth Development
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Youth-Driven and Strengths-Based
• Developed with youth– “Nothing about us without us!”
• Asks what youth are capable of – “Knows or is able to…”
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Casey’s Assessment Supplements
• Developed in response to requests from the field;
• Developed with youth input and review;• Contributions by child welfare experts; and• Thorough multi-cultural review.
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Current Practice• How are the organizations you work
for assessing youth’s needs?• What does the organization you work
with do with the results?
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Casey Life Skills Tools
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Assessment
Score Report
The Conversatio
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Learning Plan
Instruction
Application
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Identify and Locate All the Tools on
www.caseylifeskills.org
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Types of Items on the ACLSA
• Knowledge• Behavior• “Extra”- experimental, not scored• Performance• Add your own!
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The Four Developmental Levels of the ACLSA and Life Skills
Guidebook• Level I – Ages 8-9
• Level II – Ages 10-12
• Level III – Ages 13-15
• Level IV – Ages 16 and older
• Short Form – Ages 11-18
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The Appropriate Application of the Four Developmental Levels
• Levels are based on the child’s development rather than on the number of birthdays
• Ages do not appear on the assessment or score report for the youth to see
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Domain DescriptionsDomain I II III IV Short
Communication X X X X
Daily Living X X X X X
Work/Study Skills X X X X
Home Life X
Self Care X X X X X
Social Relationships X X X X
Housing/Money Management
X X X
Career Planning X
Work Life X
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The Assessment Supplements and How to Use Them
• American Indian • Pregnancy • Parenting Infants (ages 0-24 months) • Parenting Young Children (ages 2-6 years) • Homeless• Education (four levels)• GLBTQ• Youth Values
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The Four Levels of the Education Supplements
• Upper Elementary School• Middle School or Junior High School• High School• Postsecondary Education or Training
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How to Locate the Supplements and Corresponding Guidebooks
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How to Complete an Assessment
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The Importance of the Youth ID and the Organizational ID
• Can track a youth’s mastery of living skills;
• Can track a program’s effectiveness; and
• Can create matching score reports.
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Accessing a Score Report
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The Conversation – How to Discuss the Score Report
Results • Always begin with the areas of strength.• Move to areas of challenge – never
weaknesses.• What is the area of greatest
disagreement?• Identify learning goals.
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Understanding Individual Learning Style
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic
• Visual
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The Levels of Learning and the Learning Goals in the Life Skills
Guidebook
• Awareness
• Knowledge and understanding
• Knows how to…
• Can or is able to….
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Knows How To…
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Can or is able to…
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Create a Learning Plan
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Building a learning plan that incorporates the unique
interests and needs of each youth
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Implementing a learning plan that addresses the youth’s
interests and needs
• The Life Skills Guidebook;
• The youth’s resources;
• Your organization’s materials;
• The local community; and
• Be creative.
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Data & Reports
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Why Group Data Reports?
• State evaluation of pre and post results on ACLSA Evaluations;
• Agency evaluation of pre and post results on ACLSA evaluations;
• Identify priority needs for curriculum planning and strengthening collaborations; and
• Detailed analysis of strengths and challenges (using raw scores).
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Types of Reports• Single Organization-Demographics,
Mastery, Raw and Performance Scores for one organization.
• Multiple Organizations Combined-Same information for multiple organizations combined.
• Multiple Organizations separated by organizations-Single agency reports for more than one agency on one report.
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Types of Reports (cont.)• Youth and Caregiver Comparisons for
single and multiple organizations - How do youth and caregivers concur and differ on the youth’s skill level?
• Tab Delineated Raw Data Download - All your data anytime!
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Data ComparisonsMastery Scores
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The Web Site and Accessing Reports
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Discussion
• How could these reports be used by your agency?
• What would be the best way to present this data? – How often? – What format? – To whom?
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