An Evaluation of Family Group Decision Making with Native American Families This Toolkit was prepared by Casey Family Programs Research Services, Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi (LOWO), and Sicangu Child and Family Services in South Dakota. The Toolkit contains a set of surveys and guides to help people and organizations start their own evaluations of Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) meetings, a child-centered, family engagement process. In the service of this goal, we have enclosed all evaluation surveys, consent and assent forms, and procedural summaries as examples for communities interested in conducting their own evaluation of this type of work. All the forms enclosed herein were used to measure the relationship between participant satisfaction with the FGDM meetings and avoidance of child placement among families in two tribal nations in South Dakota. |