Independent Living Program - Florida's Center for Child Welfare

Guidebook SupplementsIn addition, Guidebook Supplements were created covering the Casey Life Skills Assessment Supplements of Pregnancy, ParentingInfants, Parenting Young Children, and American Indians. Guidebook Supplements were created to help practitioners, caregivers andlearners attend to the life skills unique to these groups.• American Indian Supplement is designed to address the unique cultural needs of American Indians in maintaining their culturalidentity while bridging two worlds. It includes the domains of resources/trust, money values, religious/spiritual beliefs, tribalaffiliation, family/community values, and living in two worlds.• Pregnancy is designed to address a range of prenatal and post-partum care issues. It addresses domains important to having ahealthy pregnancy, birth and recovery. This supplement includes medical, daily habits and care, safety and well being, newborncare, self-care following birth, and expectant fathers.• Parenting Infants is designed to help parents of infants (birth to one year) learn skills and gain knowledge. It includes thedomains of health, nurturing, nutrition, child care, safety and well being, child growth and development, and goals.• Parenting Young Children includes skill areas to promote positive parenting of young children (ages one to five). It includeshealth, nurturing, nutrition, child care, safety and well being, child growth and development, and goals.American Indian Guidebook SupplementIn response to the need for assistance in teaching life skills to American Indian youth, Casey Family Programs, with Dr. KimberlyNollan (Momentum Partners Consulting) and Ray Hoskins (Success Technologies), created the American Indian GuidebookSupplement. It is based on the American Indian Assessment Supplement created by Casey (led by Dr. Chris Downs), Dr. ClaudiaWelala Long (Professor, University of Denver), Bruce Gillette, L. Kills in Sight, and E. Iron Cloud-Konen. As co-creators and NativeLife Skills Guidebook 12©2004 by Casey Family Programs.