A supplement to our Family-Based Services program, FCCY’s Preparation for Independent Living program is a tool used to assist foster parents in preparing young adults to live on their own.
Utilizing the tools from the Casey Life Skills web-based system, FCCY has developed a program of continuous evaluation and planning, with a strong emphasis on the role of the foster parent.  The Preparation for Independent Living Program is designed for young people age 15 and older and has the following key program components in what we call the "Cycle of Success".

Assessment:  Both the youth and foster parent will be taking the Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment as part of identifying what areas need to be worked on as part of the PIL Program.

Report:  Once an assessment is completed, the website automatically generates the Casey Life Skills Score Report.  The report is also e-mailed to any addresses specified during the assessment.  When a foster parent and a youth complete separate assessments, a matching report is sent via e-mail that contains both results in one report.

Conversation:  Following an assessment, it is crucial for the Case Manager to facilitate a conversation with the youth and foster family regarding the report that is generated.  This element of the PIL Cycle is intended to process and understand the results of the assessment, and to possibly clear up any confusion on the part of the young person or foster family as to the findings and how they will be related to planning.
 
Planning:  In order to be consistent with the ACLSA Assessment, the Preparation for Independent Living Program utilizes the Casey Life Skills Learning Plan for the development of all independent living plans.  This online resource utilizes the assessment domains to create an Individualized Learning Plan document.  Each Domain is broken down into several Skill Areas.  Each Skill Area has associated Learning Goals and associated Expectations.
 
Instruction:  Once Skill Areas have been selected, the Casey Life Skills Learning Plan can next be populated with tasks for achieving the associated Learning Goals.  The on-line Learning Plan will have several selected resources for each Learning Goal.  Each of these resources contains reading material, worksheets, and suggested activities to help achieve the associated Learning Goal.  At this time, the team also must specify who will complete the various activities as well as a time frame for them to be carried out.  Activities included in the planning for each learning goal can be broken down into three main categories:  Learning, Modeling, and Experiential Practice.
 
Application:  Part of Preparation for Independent Living being a "cycle" is that the learning that is involved is ongoing throughout the course of placement - there really is no end point where a youth would know everything there is to know about living independently.  Also, we want to ensure that the learning that is taking place becomes part of their daily routine whenever possible.  Too often young people learn things in school just so they can take a test - a week later they may forget most of what they learned.  The intention of this part of the cycle is to come up with ongoing goals that become part of the youth's placement in our program.

For more details on Independent Living, e-mail FCCY today or call
(570) 522-9790
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