DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20101 The Art of Assessment.

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section 11/01/20101

The Art of Assessment


Why focus on Accommodations?

•To ensure that persons with disabilities are given equal opportunities to participate in W-2 activities


How is Assessment like Art?


Capturing the Image


The Rules/ Tools of the Art Operations Memo 10-50, CARES Screen WPBD UpdatesW-2 Manual Chapter 5, Assessment

o When to use the BST: Sections 5.1.2 and 5.4.1.1o W-2 Barrier Screening Tool Agreement Section 5.4.1.2o Wisconsin Works (W-2) Formal Assessment Agreement

(form DCF-F-2565) Section 5.5.1.2o Services and Accommodations To Help You Do Your W-

2 Activities (form DCF-F-2564) Section 5.5.1.2W-2 Manual Chapter 7, W-2 Employment Ladder PlacementsW-2 Manual Chapter 8, W-2 Education and TrainingW-2 Manual Chapter 11, W-2 Sanction and Case Closures


Accommodation

Review the scenario you are given and brainstorm potential accommodations.


Scenario One: Back Condition

How might Mika be accommodated?

• An ergonomic workstation evaluation, • Ergonomic chair • A sit/stand computer workstation.

Taken from JAN Fact Sheet: Job Accommodations for People with Back Impairments

http://askjan.org/media/employmentbackfact.doc


Scenario Two: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

How might Chantrelle be accommodated?

• Written materials to help her remember information • A private office to reduce distractions

Taken from JAN Fact Sheet: Job Accommodations for People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

http://askjan.org/media/employmentcfsfact.doc


Scenario Three: Cognitive Impairment

How might Liliana be accommodated?

Use a multi-set alarm watch that beeps or vibrates. Her supervisor can set the alarm to alert Liliana when to go on break, or return from break. Approximate accommodation cost, according to JAN website, is $35. It would be a reasonable expenditure for the W-2 agency to provide Liliana with this accommodation.

Taken from JAN Fact Sheet: Job Accommodations for People with Cognitive Impairments

http://askjan.org/media/employmentcogfact.doc


Scenario Four: Drug Addiction

How might Christopher be accommodated?

• Provide praise and positive reinforcement• Refer to counseling and employee assistance programs• Allow modified daily schedule• Allow frequent breaks • Provide a self-paced workload • Modify supervisory methods• Reassign to a less stressful job

Taken from JAN Fact Sheet: Job Accommodations for People with Drug Addiction

http://askjan.org/media/employmentdrugfact.doc


Informal Assessment


Educational Needs Assessment


Barrier Screening Tool


WPBDWPBD ASSESSMENT – BARRIER DETAILS 10/01/10 19:07

XCT123 U WORKERPIN: 7001579221 OFFICE: 1234 CTY/TRIBE: -6 CASE MANAGER: XCT123NAME: BEIBER JUSTINLAST ASSESSMENT UPDATE: 10 01 2010 UPDATED DATE: 10 01 2010DC: BARRIER:PL SUB-TYPE: CT INDV AFFECTED: c (C- CLIENT F- FAMILY MEM)BARRIER BEGIN DATE: 08 15 2010 BARRIER END DATE: __ __ ____ END RSN CD: __COULD BARRIER AFFECT HOURS OF PARTICIPATION? Y (Y/N) WEB INITIATED:HOW SOON CAN BARRIER BE OVERCOME?:

_ < 1 MONTH _ 1-3 MONTHS X 4-6 MONTHS _ > 6 MONTHSWHO IDENTIFIED BARRIER?: JUSTINARE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS NEEDED BASED ON BARRIERS? Y (Y/N)WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH ASSESSMENT? ASG MFS ___WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS WERE ARRANGED BY THE AGENCY? ASG MFS ___IF ACCOMMODATIONS WERE NOT ARRANGED, EXPLAIN WHY: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________FORMAL ASSESSMENT INFORMATION:REFERRED FOR FORMAL ASSESSMENT FOR THIS BARRIER: Y (Y/N) REF. DATE: 09 01 2010FORMAL ASSESSMENT COMPLETED FOR THIS BARRIER: Y (Y/N) COMPL. DATE: 09 25 2010__ASSESSMENT COMPLETED BY: DR. MARK SCHMITTPF13 WPED PF14 WPAW PF15 WPJR PF16 WPBS PF5 ADD MORE BARRIERSNEXT TRAN: ____ PARMS: 7001579921/PL//CT___________________________


Reference Table TACO-ANI – service animals

-ASG – modified assignment or reassignment

-EAR – modifications to accommodate a hearing impairment

-EYE – modifications to accommodate a visual impairment

-LRN – modifications to accommodate a learning disability

-MCS – modifications to accommodate chemical sensitivity

-MFS – modified or flexible schedule

-MOB – modifications to accommodate a mobility impairment

-OTH – other accommodations not listed in TACO


Formal Assessment


So, how do we do it?

“Tools without process can create nothing.” - Heinrich Einezfruden, fictional German philosopher, 1723


CollectionEvaluation

Action

Documentation

Assessment Process Model


What’s the payoff?


A visit to the “Gallery”

“The TANF Best Practices Handbook”

www.tanfbestpractices.org


“Making Case Management Work”

Dr. Beverly Ford, ASM Associates

http://www.asm-associates.com/the_company.htm.


“Quality Case Management Through Integrated Use of Assessment Data”

National Institute of Corrections

http://nicic.gov/library .


“Testing and Assessment: A Guide to Good Practices…”

O*Net Resource Center

www.onetcenter.org/guides.html#proTestAsse.


“Collected Local Agency Strategies and Ideas from the W-2 Expectations

and Basic Assumptions Training”

DCF/DFES/BWF/Partner Training Section

http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/partnertraining/basicassumptions/default.htm


DSM-IV-TR Multiaxial Evaluation

http://psyweb.com/Mdisord/DSM_IV/jsp/dsm_iv.jsp


Things Overheard in the Gallery


Art in Practice


Why it Matters


The Art of Assessment

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20101 The Art of Assessment.

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