Completing the OnLAC Assessment and Action Record (AAR): Empirical Findings from 2021 on the Time and Number of Sessions Required, Modalities, and Participant Feedback

Abstract

The present report is adapted from a previous report (Completing the OnLAC Assessment and Action Record (AAR): Empirical Findings from Year 12 (2012-2013) on the Time and Number of Sessions Required, Participants, and Modalities (Flynn, Miller, and Vincent, 2013) completed for OACAS and the former Gateway committee. We have prepared the present report for consideration by the OACAS and the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS), to inform forthcoming discussions about the AAR and the broader OnLAC project. Using 2021 OnLAC data that was reported by child welfare workers in response to AAR items, we have addressed four key questions for each of the AAR age groups, both for the 2021 OnLAC sample as a whole and for subsamples where AARs were completed in either via the standard paper or electronic version, or via Viewpoint software: - How much time does it take, on average, to complete the AAR? - How many sessions, on average, does it take to complete the AAR? - How is the AAR usually completed? and - Who (caregivers and/or young person) will receive a copy of the completed AAR? We address each of these questions in turn.