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.
