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Casey Life Skills Assessment

Jessica D'Aquila

SPED 536

At a Glance

Casey Life Skills (CLS/CLSA) is a free assessment tool used for students between the ages of 14 and 21 to assess behaviors and competencies needed to progress in adulthood and achieve long-term goals.

Goal: to help youth become aware of strengths/weaknesses in order to lead healthy and productive lives.

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CLS Assessment Areas

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Sections of Exam

  • Maintaining healthy relationships
  • Work and study habits
  • Planning and goal setting
  • Using community resources
  • Daily living activities
  • Budgeting and paying bills
  • Computer literacy
  • Permanency

Specific Sections of CLS Assessment

Topic 4

  • Daily living skills
  • Self care skills
  • Relationship and communication skills
  • Housing and money management skills
  • Work and study life
  • Career and education planning
  • Looking forward
  • Permanency

Exam Format

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Students are given a list of statements and asked to rate whether the statements are like them. The options are:

  • No
  • Mostly no
  • Somewhat
  • Mostly yes
  • Yes

Students check off which options relates to them the most

Example of section of CLS exam

CLS Image

Steps on How to Utilize Exam

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Step 1: Motivate student to take the assessment

  • Student can work at their own pace and work on one skill area at a time
  • Assessment is available in print form and can be done at any place/time, or it can be done on the computer
  • An alternative method is using an interview/q&a format in order to make the assessment less formal

Step 2: Review assessment scores

  • The "At-a-Glance" page will show their average scores for each life skill area on a scale of 1-5, 5 indicating high strength
  • The next page will list all statements and student responses

Exam steps (continued)

3. Invite caregiver in student's life to take the exam with them in mind

  • Compare results

4. Engage student in conversation about assessment results

  • Discuss strengths and weaknesses/areas they felt unsure

5.Help student develop and implement learning plan and goals

Steps (con)

Learning Goal Progress Monitoring

Topic 4

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Example of learning goal progress monitoring

Resources for Educators

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CLS provides a "Resources to Inspire Guide" which provides learners and educators a place to start when creating a learning plan and future goals.

It identifies skill areas and corresponding goals and lists suggestions/resources to help create activities that can be used to reinforce the learning goals.

Example

Casey Life Skills Assessment Website

https://caseylifeskills.secure.force.com/

Work Consulted

How I Can Use CLS

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I currently work in a post secondary transition program for students with Autism. Our class focuses on daily living and independence skills needed for competitive employment. I could see the Casey Life Assessment being used as a tool for students to become aware of their own strengths and areas of weakness. It is a two-year program and I would be interested in seeing the progression of results from year one to year two.

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