LSP At A Glance
At-A-Glance
| What it assesses | The Life Skills Progression™ measures a parent's life skills: the abilities, behaviors, and attitudes they need to achieve a healthy and satisfying family life. |
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| Purposes | The LSP has multiple purposes: |
| ·Identify strengths and needs of families | |
| ·Track progress of parents' life skills | |
| ·Evaluate a home visiting program's effectiveness by monitoring outcomes | |
| Components | LSP Manual |
| LSP Instrument (available as a fillable PDF) | |
| Planning worksheets and checklists (available as fillable PDFs) | |
| *All components sold together | |
| Age range | Children birth to five years and their parents |
| Who conducts it | Professionals working with families in their homes (for example, home visitors, parent educators, public health nurses, social workers, and mental health care providers) |
| When it is conducted | It is recommended that the initial LSP be completed after the home visitor's second visit. This allows the home visitor time to establish a more complete understanding of the family and their situation. Following this, the LSP is completed in 6-month increments and at the completion of services. |
| Number of items | 43 scales assessed on a 1 to 5 Likert scale |
| Parental Scales | |
| Relationships with Family and Friends (Scales 1-3) | |
| Relationships with Children (Scales 4-8) | |
| Relationships with Supportive Resources (Scales 9-11) | |
| Education and Employment (Scales 12-16) | |
| Health and Medical Care (Scales 17-23) | |
| Mental Health and Substance Use/Abuse (Scales 24-29) | |
| Basic Essentials (Scales 30-35) | |
| Child Scales | |
| Child Development (Scales 36-40) | |
| Emotional Development and Regulation (Scales 41-42) | |
| Breast Feeding (Scale 43) | |
| Research | Since its inception in 1998, the LSP has undergone significant review, revision, and expansion by authors, collaborators, and expert reviewers in the field. |
| Content validity and reliability studies have been conducted. Chapter 4 in the LSP manual describes the development and field testing of the instrument. | |
| Time to complete | Approximately 10 minutes |
At-A-Glance
| Sample item and responses | Relationships with Children
Scale 5. Nurturing
- Hostile. Unable to nurture, bond or love child. Very limited responsiveness.
- Indifference. Apathy. Depression or DD impairs nurturing.
- Lacks information, modeling of love. Marginal connectedness. Afraid nurturing "spoils."
- Loves, responds inconsistently. Some reciprocal connections.
- Loving. Responsive. Praises. Regulates child well. Reciprocal connections.
Infant/Toddler Development
Scale 37. Gross Motor - Below AA/CA and EI criteria. Referred to EI. Not enrolled or attending.
- Delays; meets EI criteria. Referred; enrolled. Sometimes attends.
- Delays; meets EI criteria. Referred; enrolled. Attends regularly.
- No delays. Average development for AA or CA.
- Above average development for AA or CA. | | --- | --- | | Scores provided | Scores provided for all 43 individual scales. Each scale is scored across a range of 0 to 5 points, using 0.5-point increments. No total or average score provided. | | Training | To ensure high inter- and intrarater reliability, programs should train staff thoroughly in the use of the LSP. Each staff member should have access to the LSP Manual, particularly Chapter 5 which has detailed instructions for use and scoring.