Casey Life Skills – Mentoring Services
About The Service
Individualized & Therapeutic Coaching
Casey Life Skills (CLS) is a mentoring service is a strength-based support service that is designed to address and improve daily living, social, and communication needs. This service can be used to prevent, support or assist with the transition from a more intensive level of service. This therapeutic mentoring services include coaching and training our youth in age‐appropriate behaviors; interpersonal and intrapersonal communication; problem-solving; relationship building; and social activities that coincide with each youths individualized service plan.
CLS is constructed on the youths needs and strengths identified in the CLS Assessment. The tool assesses the behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve long-term goals. The assessment targets eight areas of knowledge, skills, abilities and awareness; followed by the development of a youth specific service plan to address gaps in life skill development and confidence as youth navigate education and employment milestones. CLS promotes young people’s active engagement in planning their learning goals and making decisions about their future, with the leadership and oversight of a service provider.
Program Components
Youth of age 14-21
2-6 hours a week (may be up to 10 hours if the youth is not in school or working) & 3-6 months of services
Casey Life Skills Training Goal: To teach youth a broad curriculum of independent living skills
Resiliency Theory Goal: To help the client develop a stable and reliable support group
Cultural Competency
Career Planning
Some types of interventions used:
Promoting and facilitating connections to community-based programs and natural supports.
Psychosocial skills development – employment skills, anger management, communication, conflict resolution, etc.
Transportation to and collaboration with other involved or needed services.
Person-centered structuring of leisure and recreational activities that promote and develop appropriate use of coping and social skills.
Engage family to complete CLS assessment and support the plan
Identify strengths and gap areas
Cognitive Behavioral Techniques & Role Playing
Assistance exploring the internet safely as a resource
Implement, monitor and update the learning plan based on CLS Curriculum and Resource Guide to
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