Not exact matches
Browning House is a family
assessment centre in Leeds, where vulnerable young mums» and dads»
capacity as parents is assessed in cases
involving child protection.
This
involves identification of families in need of additional supports, screening and further
assessment as needed to understand children's developmental status and identify potential delays, referral and follow - up to ensure linkages to needed services, and efforts to support families if they are unable to receive additional services due to eligibility requirements or
capacity issues.
Implementing these new
assessments successfully requires a substantial infrastructure and a human
capacity effort
involving careful planning and ample communication.
Not only will pedagogical
capacity be enhanced, but
assessment will remain focused on its central purpose: the support of learning for all
involved.
This has
involved providing the evidence - base to support policy formulation (undertaking
assessments, drafting guidance frameworks and policy briefs), facilitating the policy process (convening and participating in policy dialogues / workshops), building
capacity (developing and implementing needs - based training), liaising with a wide range of stakeholders (public meetings, discussion forums, on - line questionnaires) and communicating the result of his work to ensure it has maximum impact (writing press releases, opinion editorials and blogs).
An
assessment of loss of both past and future earning
capacity involves consideration of hypothetical events.
Yet lawyers necessarily are faced with an
assessment or at least a screening of
capacity in a rising number of cases
involving specific legal transactions and, in some instances, guardianship.
The ECTA Center offers practice guides to help practitioners improve their family - centered practices, including how to
involve families in the
assessment process, supporting family member informed decision making,
involving families in obtaining supports and resources, and building family
capacity in early childhood intervention.
This
involves identification of families in need of additional supports, screening and further
assessment as needed to understand children's developmental status and identify potential delays, referral and follow - up to ensure linkages to needed services, and efforts to support families if they are unable to receive additional services due to eligibility requirements or
capacity issues.
Increase awareness of the dynamics
involved in comprehensive
assessment of infants, children and their caregivers, including development, mutual and self - regulatory
capacities, and the attachment relationships, and in the development of comprehensive service plans to address prevention, early intervention, and treatment needs;
This
involves initial and periodic psychometric and interview - based evaluation of the adolescent's symptomatology in a number of different areas, as well as
assessment of their socioeconomic status, culture, ongoing level of support systems and coping skills, family and caretaker relationships, attachment issues, and functional self -
capacities.