Self-Assessment Materials

Self-Assessment Materials

The NTDC Self-Assessment is a self-discovery tool that provides families who are preparing to become foster, kinship, or adoptive parents the opportunity to learn more about themselves as they consider the characteristics and competencies that are important when parenting children who have experienced trauma, separation, and loss. It is designed to be self-administered, which allows the participant to recognize and build on their areas of strength, explore areas that would benefit from additional support and information, and identify areas that may cause the most challenge when parenting a child/youth. The Self-Assessment characteristics and competencies are highlighted throughout the NTDC, which supports the continuation of learning beyond the Self-Assessment completion.

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  • Self-Assessment Guide for Professionals

    This guide provides professionals with a description of the development of the NTDC Self-Assessment and an overview of its use. It includes the Self-Assessment survey instrument, instructions on how to complete the survey, a scoring guide that offers guidance on how to calculate the scores, and recommendations on how the participant can increase their sense of competence for those competencies and characteristics that have been identified as important when caring for children who have experienced trauma, separation and loss. This information will provide the professional with a greater understanding of what families will experience in completing the Self-Assessment.

    Self-Assessment Guide for Professionals

  • Accessing the Self-Assessment

    There are two options for families to complete the Self-Assessment. Families can take the Self-Assessment manually using pen and paper or they can complete the online version of the Self-Assessment on CapLEARN.

    Families completing the Self-Assessment manually (paper and pen), can be provided with the Self-Assessment Guide for Families. This guide includes instructions for completing the Self-Assessment survey and translating survey responses into scores and provides recommendations on how to increase knowledge and competence for those competencies and characteristics that have been identified as important when caring for children who have experienced trauma, separation and loss.

    When using the online version of the Self-Assessment, scoring and recommendations are automatically generated and can be downloaded by the participant and viewed later by logging into the user’s CapLEARN account. Participants can take the Self-Assessment multiple times. To learn more about how to access the online version of the Self-Assessment on CapLEARN click here.

    Note: To learn more about the support available for uploading the Self-Assessment into an existing Learning Management System click here.


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