---
title: Adding an Assessment
description: "The ability to add and track assessment questions digitally provides a simple way to identify trends in a client's overall growth."
url: "https://docs.youthcenter.net/docs/adding-an-assessment/"
updated: "2026-09-24"
category: Case Manager / Assessment
tags:
  - Assessments
---

# Adding an Assessment

If a client is not already selected, use the Case Management search or client search.

Once a client is selected, select the Assessment application

![A screenshot of the Case Manager sidebar for a sample client, with a red arrow graphic pointing to the Assessments menu item.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Assessment-Menu-Link.jpg)

### **Adding an Assessment Schedule**

![A screenshot of a sample client's Assessments page showing an ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire) assessment with its score and response history, and a red arrow graphic pointing to the New Assessment Schedule button.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Assessment-New-Schedule-1024x248.jpg)

- Select the green New Assessment Schedule button
- Choose if the assessment is active
- Select the assessment from the drop-down list
- Optionally, choose if there is a due date for the next assessment 
- Press the blue Save button

Now that you have chosen an assessment, it's recommended you add the first new response.

### **Adding a New Assessment Response**

![A screenshot of a sample client's Assessments page showing the ACE assessment and its response history, with a red arrow graphic pointing to the New Response button.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Assessment-New-Response-1024x277.jpg)

- Select the green New Response button
- Enter any relevant information
- Select the blue Save button

Once an assessment has been saved, if the information is complete, it should be submitted.

### **Submitting a New Assessment Response**

Once an assessment has been entered, you can modify when the report was given to the client, as well as optionally set a reminder of the next time this assessment should be completed and comments.

### **Reviewing a Submitted Assessment**

The final step in the assessment process is a supervisor review. Granted that you have permissions you will receive a notification in your Messages application indicating you have an assessment to review. Selecting the link within that message will take you to the Assessment application. 

![A screenshot of the "Finalize this Assessment" panel for a submitted ACE assessment, showing Approve and Reject buttons and a Comments field.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Assessment-Review.jpg)

As a reviewer, you can approve or reject an assessment with or without comments. Rejecting an assessment will send a notification message to the original submitter.

### **YLS & CAFAS Assessments Stage Classification**

To ensure quick filtering and understanding of when a YLS or CAFAS was given, an “Assessment Type” section has been added that includes: 

- Initial
- Reassessment
- 45-Day Stepdown
- Exit

When creating a “new response” for either YLS or CAFAS, all team members will be required to choose the response type before proceeding to the normal questions associated with this assessment. 

![A screenshot of the Response Info panel's Response Type dropdown, with a red box graphic around the options: Initial, Reassessment, 45-Day Stepdown, and Exit.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdVfkgJokQJUkMWLt1GB8VSDJN6s8Plht7zoYVUrAr-u2Ei-bETXVUMMSIreDJ2vLKI_314dQtmN_JkdsaWeeeSBGUVjaojxSMcOlsZgCQtnEpQru8QYpaoZsH5J4Bz9Pwqms_t6w?key=jNVaRPvU6YC8Q3-LBN3qvA)

This field will now allow administrators and users to report on score ranges for different stages for the youth.

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