submission of calocus and cafas vignettes after you completed the

							     The NEXT STEPS:
           In order for the training participant to administer the CALOCUS and
            CAFAS Child/Adolescent Assessment Tools in your Service Program Area
            (See GRID Below), the on line training participant will need to score four
            (4) Certification Vignettes using the CALOCUS and CAFAS Assessment
            Tools, similar to the practice vignettes in this on line training.
           The Certification Process assesses your scoring methodology and
            compares your ratings with a answer key that was derived from four
            Target Children’s Case Management Agencies and two employees from
            the Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services -Office of Quality
            Improvement and Children’s Services.
           Children’s Assessment Training Representative, will complete the
            Certification Process on submitted CALOCUS and CAFAS Certification
            Vignettes.
          Your Results from the Certification Process:
           A Feedback Letter will be sent to you with attached copies of your original
            CALOCUS and CAFAS Score Sheets if corrections are needed on ratings
            or scoring methodology.
           An Approval Letter will be sent to you, once you pass the Certification
            Process for the CALOCUS and CAFAS Assessment Tools.
           The Approval Letter will contain a Maine DHHS –Office of Quality
            Improvement Rater ID Number.
           The DHHS Rater ID Number will be entered in the DHHS-Office of Quality
            Improvement Training Data Base along with demographic information
            submitted on the CALOCUS and CAFAS Certification Cover Sheets.
           The DHHS-Rater ID number indicates to the Office of Quality
            Improvement that you completed the Child/Adolescent Assessment Tool
            Training and passed the Certification Process of the CALOCUS and
            CAFAS Assessment Tools.
     The following GRID below indicates required Child /Adolescent Assessment Tools for each
     Service Program Area.
     The CALOCUS and CAFAS Assessment Tools require Training and Certification.
     The FES and CHAT require Training and Verification of Completion of the On-line Training
     Module.



PROGRAM SERVICE AREA                                   A&SQ   A&SQ-   CAFAS   CALOCUS       CHAT       FES
                                                              SE

Case Management - Early Intervention                   X      X                                    X
Case Management - Mental Health                                       X       X                    X
Case Management - Mental Retardation/Autism                                   X         X          X
Children’s Habilitation Services - Section 24                                 X         X*         X
Children’s Behavioral Health Services - Section 65-H                  X*      X                    X
Children’s Crisis Services                                                    X
DIRECTIONS:
Certification and Submission for CALOCUS and CAFAS
Child/Adolescent Assessment Tools:
       Please note the four (4) Certification Vignettes: Patty #1, Joey #2, Bobby
#3 and Jodie #4 are used to score both CALOCUS and CAFAS Assessment
Tools.

CALOCUS and CAFAS Certification:
Please print the following

    The four Certification Vignettes: Patty #1, Joey #2, Bobby #3 and Jodie
     #4.
    Four CALOCUS Functional Rating Scales
    The CALOCUS AND CAFAS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVERS
     SHEETS. Please fill out information legibly.
    4 blank CALOCUS Scoring Sheets.
    4 blank CAFAS Summary Scoring sheets
    You will need to obtain one CAFAS ASSESSMET TOOL from your
     agency in order for you to rate the CAFAS Certification vignettes.

Scoring 4 CALOCUS Certification Vignettes:
    Please go back to the Web Based Training at any time if you need to review each
      of the six CALOCUS dimensions while rating the CALOCUS vignettes
    Read the vignettes one at a time starting with Patty #1.
    Using the CALOCUS Functional Rating Scale, rate each of the CALOCUS six
      dimensions and transfer the ratings onto the CALOCUS Scoring Sheets
      corresponding to Patty#1.
    Refer to the previously printed materials: The CALOCUS Scoring Completion
      Guide and CALOCUS Level of Care Determination GRID when determining
      the CALOCUS Composite Score and #2 CALOCUS –Derived Level of Care (I-
      VI) Recommendation on the CALOCUS Scoring Sheet.
    On the CALOCUS Score Sheet #3 Level of Care (I-VI) Planned by Child &
      Family Team including all services and supports and #4 Reasons for deviation
      from CALOCUS –derived level of care recommendation does not have to be
      completed for the Certification Process.
    Repeat the same steps for vignettes Joey #2, Bobby #3 and Jodie #4.

Scoring 4 CAFAS Certification Vignettes:
    Please go back to the Web Based Training at any time if you need to review each
      of the eight CAFAS subscales while rating the CAFAS vignettes.
    Read the vignettes one at a time starting with vignette Patty #1
    Using a CAFAS ASSESSMENT TOOL from your agency, rate each of the eight
     (8) CAFAS subscales and transfer the ratings onto the CAFAS Summary Scoring
     Sheets corresponding to Patty #1.
    Repeat the same steps for Joey #2, Bobby #3 and Jodie #4.



CALOCUS and CAFAS Submission Requirements:
CALOCUS and CAFAS Certification Materials need to be submitted together if you
completed the on line training for both tools.

Please submit the following to DHHS-Office of Quality Improvement:

CALOCUS
    The CALOCUS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVER SHEET and four (4)
      completed CALOCUS Scoring Sheets.
    The CALOCUS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVER SHEET and the four (4)
      CALOCUS Scoring Sheets should be stapled together.
    Please place your name on each CALOCUS Scoring Sheets in case they get
      separated from the CALOCUS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVER SHEET.
    Please make sure you make copies of material sent to the Office of Quality
      Improvement, as correspondence does get lost occasionally.
    The CALOCUS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVER SHEETS require the
      following information: (Please print legibly).
   1. Full name and middle initial
   2. Agency Name
   3. Agency Address
   4. Telephone number
   5. Web Based Training Completion Date

CAFAS
    The CAFAS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVER SHEET and four (4)
      completed CAFAS Summary Score Sheets.
    The CAFAS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVER SHEET and the four (4)
      CAFAS Summary Scoring Sheets should be stapled together.
    Please place your name on each CAFAS Summary Scoring Sheets in case they
      get separated from the CAFAS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVER SHEET.
    Please make sure you make copies of material sent to the Office of Quality
      Improvement, as correspondence does get lost occasionally.
    The CAFAS CERTIFICATION SCORING COVER SHEETS require the
      following information: (Please print legibly)
   6. Full name and middle initial
   7. Agency Name
   8. Agency Address
   9. Telephone number
  10. Training Competition Date




RETURN THE CALOCUS and CAFAS CERTIFICATION
MATERIALS TO:
Assessment Training
DHHS
Office of Quality Improvement
Marquardt Building, 2nd Floor
Augusta, Maine 04333-0011