Completing the Casey Home Assessment Protocol (CHAP)

1. Completing the Casey Home Assessment Protocol (CHAP) An Interactive Learning Module for End Users Click here to move to next slide. Press ESC to exit module.

2. How to Use This Learning Module Click on the navigation buttons to move through this learning module as follows: • Move forward to the next slide. • Move back to the previous slide. • Return to the Table of Contents & select new content. • Indicate an answer to a question. • Go to the CFFA web site WEB Back Forward

3. How to view the website during the training module: • During the training module we suggest links to important information on the www.fosterfamilyassessments.orgweb site. If you want to go to the website to view information, click on the button. When you are finished, minimize the website to return to the training module. WEB Back Forward

4. Table of Contents Introduction to the Module Overview of the CHAP Measures The CFAI and CHAP Relate Completing CHAP Measures Understanding the CHAP Summary Report When to give the CHAP Measures You can navigate to any part of the content by clicking the button next to a content area. Back Forward

5. Handouts for this training module • CHAP-at-a-Glance • CFAI and the CHAP Measures • Tips from the Pilot Study To download handouts now - click here WEB Back Forward

6. Introduction This interactive learning module prepares you to use online versions of the Casey Foster Family Assessment (CFFA) tools for assessing foster and foster/adoptive parent applicants. ContentsBack Forward

7. After completing this self-study module you will know how to….. • Locate and describe the CHAP measures • Get the CHAP Summary Report • Access and explain the contentsof the CHAP Summary Report Back Forward

8. Overview of the CHAP Measures • 10 measures assess qualities and characteristics of parents important to fostering • 8 measures assess unique aspects of foster parenting If you have not yet downloaded CHAP-at-a Glance - click here WEB Contents Back Forward

9. CHAP- General Parenting Measures • Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) • Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depressed Mood (CES-D) • Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) • Short Hardiness Scale (SHS) • Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) Back Forward

10. CHAP General Measures Cont. • Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMS) • Overt Interparental Hostility (OIH) • Kansas Parental Satisfaction Scale (KMS) • Parental Acceptance Scale (PAS) • Cultural Competency Scale (CCS) Back Forward

11. CHAP Measures Specifically for Foster Parents • Reasons for Fostering Checklist (RFC) • Available Time Scale (ATS) • Help with Fostering Inventory (HFI) • Cultural Receptivity in Fostering Scale (CRFS) Back Forward

12. CHAP Measures Specifically for Foster Parents • Foster Parent Role Performance Scale (FPRPS) • Willingness to Foster Scale (WFS) • Personal Dedication to Fostering Scale (PDFS) • Receptivity to Birth Family Connections Scale (RBFCS) Back Forward

13. CFAI and CHAP- They Relate CFAI CHAP CHAP ContentsBack Forward

14. Handout: CFAI and the CHAP Measures Read through the handout CFAI and the CHAP Measures to gain an understanding of how the CFAI and CHAP relate. If you have not yet downloaded CFAI and the CHAP Measures - click here WEB Back Forward

15. CHAP measures help you learn more about applicants • For example, you can find out more about Richard and Maria’s parenting style with the • Parental Acceptance Scale • Kansas Parental Satisfaction Scale • Their marriage • Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale • Overt Interparental Hostility Scale • Their interests and preparedness to foster • Reasons for Fostering • Willingness to Foster Scale Back Forward

16. Completing CHAP Measures ContentsBack Forward

17. How Do I Know WhichCHAP Measures to Use? • Review information you have about the applicant • CFAI results • Application materials • Your observations during pre-service training • Your interview notes What information do you need for the home study? Back Forward

18. Taking the CHAP Go the CFFA website WEB Click on the Take Assessment tab. Back Forward

19. Taking the CHAP • Click on begin assessment Back Forward

20. To receive all the measures in a single report, the applicant should click on each one that you have assigned. Back Forward

21. Help with Fostering Inventory Instructions for completing the scale are at the top of each measures Applicant must complete all of the items Back Forward

22. To complete a paper copy of the CHAP measure • Go to download a paper copy • Click on the measure • Print a paper copy of the measure • Have the applicant complete the paper copy and return it to you • Enter the information into the CHAP Scoring Program to get a Summary Report Back Forward

23. Understanding the CHAP Summary Report ContentsBack Forward

24. Scores on the CHAP measures are reported on the Summary Report Applicant’s Raw Scores Range of Scores Scale Name Fostering Potential ContentsBack Forward

25. Help with Fostering Inventory Cont. All items must be completed to get subscale scores. Some measures have subscales. Back Forward

26. Reading the Summary Report Find the Help with Fostering Inventory Back Forward

27. Reading the Summary Report Cont. The applicant scored 44 on anticipating help from kin, 75 on anticipating help from her place of worship and 63 on anticipating help from professionals. Her scores indicate a low level of potential in having help from kin, a high level of potential for having help from her place of worship, and a high level of potential for having help from professionals compared to experienced foster mothers in the normative group. Back Forward

28. Interpreting the results This applicant’s anticipated level of help for fostering from her place of worship is a strength for fostering. Her anticipated help from professionals also falls in the high range compared with experienced foster parents. Her anticipated help from family members is low compared with experienced foster mothers. Results indicate that her primary source of help for fostering will be her place of worship and professionals. Families with low levels of support from kin may find that they do not have enough support for fostering. Further exploration is needed to find out about how her family views her decision to be a foster parent. What follow-up questions would you ask during the home study interview? Back Forward

29. Let’s Review How to Read the CHAP Summary Report What information is NOT on the CHAP summary report • Raw scores • Fostering potential • Flagged items ContentsBack

30. Yes! You are correct. • You answered C. Flagged items are on the CFAI Comparison Report. Proceed to the next section Back

31. Nope. Try again. • You answered A. The raw score appears on the summary report for each scale that the applicant completes. Return to the question

32. Nope. Try again. • You answered B. The CHAP Summary Report ranks an applicant’s scores with scores of experienced foster parents to determine if the applicant has a high, medium, or low potential for fostering in the area assessed by the CHAP measure. Return to the question

33. When do I give the CHAP Measures? • With the application packet • During pre-service • After the reviewing the CFAI results • Before the last home study interview • During the home study interview ContentsBack Forward

34. This concludes Completing the CHAP Thank you for your interest in learning about the CFFA! Other interactive self-tutorials on the CFFA: • Introduction to the CFFA • Completing the CFAI • Sharing Information About the CFFA with Caregivers To print a Certificate of Completion for this tutorial, click on the button then press “PrtSc” on your keyboard Click here to return to the beginning of this tutorial. Press “ESC” on you keyboard to exit the tutorial Back Forward

35. Certificate of Completion Is presented to: (Trainee’s Name) For completing the online interactive training module Completing the Casey Home Assessment Protocol (CHAP) (Date Completed)