Education/Employment

Assess these items with reference to the youth’s most recent past.  Most often questions should be assessed on the last 6 to 12 month time period.

  1. Disruptive classroom behavior:  Check this item if the youth is engaged in acting-out, attention seeking, defiant, or other disruptive behavior within the school building or if teachers and other school staff consider him/her to be a problem in the classroom.  Look for overall patterns in behavior.
  2. Disruptive behavior on school property:  Check this item if the youth is initiating violent actions, is defiant towards teachers, or is otherwise disruptive outside the school building.  This includes school sponsored functions (athletic events, etc.) as well as the bus stop.  Look for overall patterns in behavior.
  3. Low achievement:  Check this item if the youth is currently failing a subject or there are other indications of achievement problems.  Do not automatically check this item if the youth is in special education classes or is having problems in regular classes as a result of being misplaced (needing special ed). If the youth is performing at his/her expected level, but is getting low grades, this item should not be checked.
  4. Problems with peers:  Check this item if there is evidence that the youth is disliked, isolated, withdrawn, having frequent altercations or there is other evidence of poor relations with peers in the school setting.
  5. Problems with teachers:  Check this item if there is evidence that the youth has continuing problems with teachers in school.  Look for patterns in behavior.  
  6. Truancy:  Check this item if the youth is currently missing school days or skipping classes without legitimate excuses.  If the youth has to work as part of a school program (e.g. OWE) and is missing work, check this item.

  7. Unemployed/not seeking employment:  Check this item if, without good reason, the youth is available to work but has no job and is not actively engaged in employment related activities (e.g. is not a full time student and is not actively seeking work, engaged in employment training, or work schemes).

    • If the youth is officially withdrawn from school and working toward his GED, then determine if this item is a risk.

(03-2007)