An Interactive Learning Module for End Users

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Completing the Casey Home Assessment Protocol
(CHAP)

• An Interactive Learning Module for End Users

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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

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Handouts for this training module

1. CHAP-at-a-Glance
2. CFAI and the CHAP Measures
3. Tips from the Pilot Study

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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.

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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

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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 -
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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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CFAI and CHAP- They Relate
CFAI
CHAP
CHAP
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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.

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Measures - click here
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CHAP measures help you learn more about
applicants

• For example, you can find out more about Richard
  and Marias 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

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Completing CHAP Measures
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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?
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Taking the CHAP
Go the CFFA website
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Click on the Take Assessment tab.
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Taking the CHAP

• Click on begin assessment

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To receive all the measures in a single report,
the applicant should click on each one that you
have assigned.
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Help with Fostering Inventory
Instructions for completing the scale are at the
top of each measures
Applicant must complete all of the items
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To complete a paper copy of the CHAP measure

1. Go to download a paper copy
2. Click on the measure
3. Print a paper copy of the measure
4. Have the applicant complete the paper copy and
   return it to you
5. Enter the information into the CHAP Scoring
   Program to get a Summary Report

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Understanding the CHAP Summary Report
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Scores on the CHAP measures are reported on the
Summary Report
Applicants Raw Scores
Range of Scores
Scale Name
Fostering Potential
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Help with Fostering Inventory Cont.
All items must be completed to get subscale
scores.
Some measures have subscales.
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Reading the Summary Report
Find the Help with Fostering Inventory
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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.
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Interpreting the results

• 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.

• This applicants 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.

What follow-up questions would you ask during the
home study interview?
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Lets Review How to Read the CHAP Summary Report

• What information is NOT on the CHAP summary
  report
• Raw scores
• Fostering potential
• Flagged items

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Yes! You are correct.

• You answered C. Flagged items are on the CFAI
  Comparison Report.
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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

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Nope. Try again.

• You answered B. The CHAP Summary Report ranks an
  applicants 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

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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

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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

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Certificate of Completion
Is presented to
(Trainees Name)
For completing the online interactive training
module
Completing the Casey Home Assessment Protocol
(CHAP)
(Date Completed)