Reliable

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Training on JCP Assessment Instruments Barbara
Seljan, OJDDA Consultant Cherie Lingelbach, JJIS
Policy Standards Coordinator
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Presented by

• Barbara Seljan
• (541) 3343-4066
• bseljan_at_comcast.net
• Cherie Lingelbach
• [phone]
• Cherie.Lingelbach_at_state.or.us

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Acknowledgements

• Oregons Juvenile Crime Prevention Risk
• Assessment 2006.1 was developed by the Oregon
• Juvenile Department Directors Association
• (OJDDA) with initial support from a Juvenile
• Accountability Incentive Block Grant.
• Barbara Seljan, M.S., OJDDA Project Coordinator
• Cherie Lingelbach, JJIS Policy Standards
  Coordinator
• Juliette Mackin, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
  Jerod Tarte, M.A. Research Coordinator NPC
  Research
• Paul Yovanoff, Ph.D., Item Response Model
• Tim Loewen, Chair, Risk Steering Committee
• Joseph Christy, Past-Chair, Risk Steering
  Committee

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Using the JCP Risk Assessment 2006.1

• Overview of Whats New on the JCP 2006.1
• Demonstration of JCP 2006.1 in JJIS
• Special Issues
• Questions

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Using the JCP Risk Assessment 2006.1

• General Instructions that cover new features
• Detailed instructions for each section and
  question
• Technical Decisions for Using Reassessment
• Sanctions, Skill Building, Treatment
• Sample Interviews
• Youth and Parent/Family Surveys

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Whats New?

• New Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs Risk Domain
• Validated and Reliable for subgroups of youth
• Protective factors scored
• JJIS pre-fills any answer that can be calculated
  - reduces user time and error
• Links to case plan
• Updated violence indicators
• Graphs of results

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RISK CLASSIFICATION MODEL(Revised)

• Default Categories
• LOW 0 - 5
• MEDIUM 6 - 13
• HIGH 14 or more
• Permit and track overrides (up or down)

• Alternate Categories
• LOW 0 - 5
• MEDIUM 6 - 13
• MEDIUM-HIGH 14 - 17
• HIGH 18 or more

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One instrument instead of 3

• Initial Assessment
• Risk Reassessment
• JCP Program Evaluation Reassessment

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INITIAL ASSESSMENT

• Assessment is a component of evidence based
  practice
• Oregons Juvenile Crime Prevention strategy
  requires an assessment at intake (for any youth
  who is assigned to a juvenile department
  counselor for assessment or case management)

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INITIAL ASSESSMENT

• Identify high risk youth
• Use risk level to help determine
• intensity of service
• Use identified risks as target for
• case planning

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JCP RISK REASSESSMENT

• Updates Initial Assessment
• Maintains accurate risk level
• Takes into account response to
• supervision and interventions for
• youth on FAAs or Probation

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JCP PROGRAM EVALUATION REASSESSMENT

• JCP Youth After six months and at end of program

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RISK ASSESSMENT, CASE CLASSIFICATION AND CASE
MANAGEMENT
Specialized Screens   Mental Health Suicide
Assessment of risk and criminogenic needs
Case plan May include JCP funded services 
Specialized Assessments   Strength-Based Alcohol
and Drug Mental Health Educational Sex Offender
Other
JCP Program Evaluation Reassessment
Assess program performance
Risk Reassessment Update assessed risk of
reoffending
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Overview of Instructions

• Assessment Date Date the assessment is
  initiated
• Completed Checkbox (Automatically Enters Locked
  Date validates required questions have been
  answered)
• Name and Date of Linked Assessment
• Race/Ethnicity Multiple response may not be
  pre-filled from earlier assessment

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ASSESSMENT DATE

• This is a mandatory field.
• Enter date assessment process was initiated.
• Usually begins with youth interview, and may be
  completed several days later after gathering
  information from collateral sources
• The assessment should be completed within a week
  of the assessment date.

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Whats New? LINKED ASSESSMENT Reassessments
must be linked to a prior assessment so that JJIS
can calculate the answers to several questions
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Build and Base On

• Reassessments can be built and based on a prior
  assessment.
• Build and Base on speeds up data entry, but
• You must check every question in case the answer
  needs to be updated.
• There are also several new questions that will be
  blank

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LINKED ASSESSMENT

• WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THIS YOUTHS PREVIOUS
  ASSESSMENT?
• LAW VIOLATIONS?
• RESTITUTION OTHER SANCTIONS?
• SKILL BUILDING?
• TREATMENT?
• Select Linked Assessment JJIS will
  automatically enter date and name

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JJIS DEMONSTRATION
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Remember...

• Refer to and use the risk factor definitions
• on the JCP Risk/Screen Assessment instrument
• In JJIS, check the Help screen for
• - each domain
• - each indicator

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Remember

• Review use sample interview questions to obtain
  the specific behavioral information required

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RISK OVERVIEW PAGE

• In JJIS Youth Notebook
• Date and name of most recent JCP
  Screen/Assessment
• Number of
• Risk Domains
• Risk Indicators
• Protective Factors
• Risk Category

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SOME OTHER NEW FEATURES
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Whats New? Updated Violence Indicators

• Yes checked in one or more of the items marked
  s
• Ages 6-11
• Early substance abuse (5.2)
• All ages
• Involvement with antisocial peers (3.2)
• Criminal offense at age 13 or younger (4.4)
• Behavior hurts others ever (4.8)
• Behavior hurts others past month (4.9)
• Social isolation (8.5)

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Whats New High Risk Indicators

• Likely to be present only for high risk youth
• 7.4 Harms or injures animals
• 7.8 Preoccupation with or use of weapons
• 4.6 Chronic runaway history
• 2.4 School drop out
• 4.7 Recent runaway
• 6.4 High or drunk at school

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Training Materials Available at OJJDP.org

• Whats New on the JCP 2006.1?
• General and Detailed Instructions
• How to Build and Base on and Link Assessments
• Technical Decision Guidelines for Reassessment
• Sample Interview Questions
• Parent and Youth Surveys

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Training Materials

• Interviewing tips
• Supplemental information and instruments for
  additional screening, assessment and referral
• Self-training and Inter-rater Reliability
  Exercises

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THANK YOU!