title: Ready or not: assessing youths' preparedness for independent living.
abstract: This article discusses the utility of the Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment (ACLSA) in assessing life skills necessary for living successfully in the community upon emancipation from out-of-home care. ACLSA, completed by youths and their caregivers, identifies skills that have been mastered and those yet to be learned. Assessment information can be used for goal setting, strength identification, and relationship building, as well as to direct program planning and training in self-sufficiency services.
authors.affiliation: Casey Family Program, Research Department, Seattle, WA 98109-3547, USA.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Nollan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ansell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paddock
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014481:United States