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

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20102 Why focus on Accommodations? To ensure that persons with disabilities are given equal opportunities to participate in W-2 activities

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20103 How is Assessment like Art?

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20104 Capturing the Image

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20105 The Rules/ Tools of the Art  Operations Memo 10-50, CARES Screen WPBD Updates  W-2 Manual Chapter 5, Assessment o When to use the BST: Sections and o W-2 Barrier Screening Tool Agreement Section o Wisconsin Works (W-2) Formal Assessment Agreement (form DCF-F-2565) Section o Services and Accommodations To Help You Do Your W-2 Activities (form DCF-F-2564) Section  W-2 Manual Chapter 7, W-2 Employment Ladder Placements  W-2 Manual Chapter 8, W-2 Education and Training  W-2 Manual Chapter 11, W-2 Sanction and Case Closures

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20106 Accommodation Review the scenario you are given and brainstorm potential accommodations.

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20107 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

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20108 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

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/20109 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

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ 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

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ Informal Assessment

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ Educational Needs Assessment

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ Barrier Screening Tool

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ WPBD WPBDASSESSMENT – BARRIER DETAILS10/01/10 19:07 XCT123 U WORKER PIN: OFFICE: 1234 CTY/TRIBE: -6 CASE MANAGER: XCT123 NAME: BEIBER JUSTIN LAST ASSESSMENT UPDATE: UPDATED DATE: DC: BARRIER:PL SUB-TYPE: CT INDV AFFECTED: c (C- CLIENT F- FAMILY MEM) BARRIER BEGIN DATE: BARRIER END DATE: __ __ ____ END RSN CD: __ COULD BARRIER AFFECT HOURS OF PARTICIPATION? Y (Y/N) WEB INITIATED: HOW SOON CAN BARRIER BE OVERCOME?: _ 6 MONTHS WHO IDENTIFIED BARRIER?: JUSTIN ARE 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: FORMAL ASSESSMENT COMPLETED FOR THIS BARRIER: Y (Y/N) COMPL. DATE: __ ASSESSMENT COMPLETED BY: DR. MARK SCHMITT PF13 WPED PF14 WPAW PF15 WPJR PF16 WPBS PF5 ADD MORE BARRIERS NEXT TRAN: ____ PARMS: /PL//CT___________________________

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ 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

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ Formal Assessment

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ So, how do we do it? “Tools without process can create nothing.” - Heinrich Einezfruden, fictional German philosopher, 1723

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ Collection Evaluation Action Documentation Assessment Process Model

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ What’s the payoff?

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ A visit to the “Gallery” “The TANF Best Practices Handbook”

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ “Making Case Management Work” Dr. Beverly Ford, ASM Associates

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ “Quality Case Management Through Integrated Use of Assessment Data” National Institute of Corrections

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ “Testing and Assessment: A Guide to Good Practices…” O*Net Resource Center

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ “Collected Local Agency Strategies and Ideas from the W-2 Expectations and Basic Assumptions Training” DCF/DFES/BWF/Partner Training Section ptions/default.htm

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ DSM-IV-TR Multiaxial Evaluation

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ Things Overheard in the Gallery

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ Art in Practice

DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/ Why it Matters

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