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

2. 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

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

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

5. 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 5.1.2 and 5.4.1.1 o W-2 Barrier Screening Tool Agreement Section 5.4.1.2 o Wisconsin Works (W-2) Formal Assessment Agreement (form DCF-F-2565) Section 5.5.1.2 o Services and Accommodations To Help You Do Your W-2 Activities (form DCF-F-2564) Section 5.5.1.2  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

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

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

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

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

10. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201010 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

11. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201011 Informal Assessment

12. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201012 Educational Needs Assessment

13. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201013 Barrier Screening Tool

14. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201014 WPBD WPBDASSESSMENT – BARRIER DETAILS10/01/10 19:07 XCT123 U WORKER PIN: 7001579221 OFFICE: 1234 CTY/TRIBE: -6 CASE MANAGER: XCT123 NAME: BEIBER JUSTIN LAST ASSESSMENT UPDATE: 10 01 2010 UPDATED DATE: 10 01 2010 DC: 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?: _ 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: 09 01 2010 FORMAL ASSESSMENT COMPLETED FOR THIS BARRIER: Y (Y/N) COMPL. DATE: 09 25 2010__ ASSESSMENT COMPLETED BY: DR. MARK SCHMITT PF13 WPED PF14 WPAW PF15 WPJR PF16 WPBS PF5 ADD MORE BARRIERS NEXT TRAN: ____ PARMS: 7001579921/PL//CT___________________________

15. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201015 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

16. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201016 Formal Assessment

17. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201017 So, how do we do it? “Tools without process can create nothing.” - Heinrich Einezfruden, fictional German philosopher, 1723

18. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201018 Collection Evaluation Action Documentation Assessment Process Model

19. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201019 What’s the payoff?

20. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201020 A visit to the “Gallery” “The TANF Best Practices Handbook” www.tanfbestpractices.org

21. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201021 “Making Case Management Work” Dr. Beverly Ford, ASM Associates http://www.asm-associates.com/the_company.htmhttp://www.asm-associates.com/the_company.htm.

22. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201022 “Quality Case Management Through Integrated Use of Assessment Data” National Institute of Corrections http://nicic.gov/libraryhttp://nicic.gov/library.

23. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201023 “Testing and Assessment: A Guide to Good Practices…” O*Net Resource Center www.onetcenter.org/guides.html#proTestAssewww.onetcenter.org/guides.html#proTestAsse.

24. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201024 “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/basicassum ptions/default.htm

25. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201025 DSM-IV-TR Multiaxial Evaluation http://psyweb.com/Mdisord/DSM_IV/jsp/dsm_iv.jsp

26. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201026 Things Overheard in the Gallery

27. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201027 Art in Practice

28. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201028 Why it Matters

29. DCF/DFES/BWF Partner Training Section11/01/201029 The Art of Assessment