Orbis Partners

12/25/2025

As the year comes to a close, we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our partners, clients, and colleagues who make our work possible.

At Orbis, we’re proud to collaborate with professionals and organizations dedicated to creating brighter futures for youth, families, and communities. Your commitment inspires everything we do.

Wishing you a joyful holiday season!

12/10/2025

The Research Behind Orbis Tools: Grounding in the Risk Need Responsivity Model

Explore how Orbis tools use juvenile justice research-based methods and the risk-need-responsivity model to improve outcomes for youth and agencies.

11/27/2025

At Orbis Partners, we give thanks for the dedicated professionals working every day to support youth, adults, and families through evidence-based practices that create real, lasting outcomes.

From our team to yours — may your you have a great Thanksgiving!

11/26/2025

Justice Facility Risk/Needs Assessments: Common Challenges and Practical Solutions

Discover how youth screening tools like CASSY modernize assessment with a strengths-based and collaborative approach.

10/29/2025

Motivational Interviewing: Evidence-Based Techniques for Substance Abuse

Learn how motivational interviewing helps substance use treatment with evidence-based, collaborative techniques.

10/29/2025

📺 Gain direct insight into the development of the Comprehensive Assessment for Services and Support of Youth (CASSY).

In this recorded session, Dr. David Robinson, Ph.D. — Director of Assessment at Orbis Partners and co-developer of both YASI and CASSY — explains how this next-generation tool expands youth assessment beyond justice-involved populations.

Key takeaways include how CASSY:

-Builds on the proven foundation of YASI

-Integrates a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach

-Supports case planning across schools, child welfare, and community programs

-Provides dynamic progress tracking to measure long-term impact

If you work in youth services, this recording offers expert-driven guidance on how CASSY can transform practice.

▶️ Watch here: https://hubs.ly/Q03N7Y4d0

10/22/2025

Early identification changes outcomes.

Youth screening tools help professionals do more than spot risks — they highlight protective factors, inform case planning, and ensure that interventions are grounded in evidence-based practice.

Our blog post explores how tools, like the Comprehensive Assessment for Services and Support of Youth (CASSY), strengthen support across education, child welfare, and juvenile justice systems by:
✔️ Recognizing needs before they escalate
✔️ Elevating strengths that build resilience
✔️ Promoting cross-agency collaboration

📖 Read the full blog here: https://hubs.ly/Q03N7xW30

10/20/2025

Last Chance to Join This Webinar!

Don’t miss Developments in Assessment Research by Orbis Partners. This webinar is your opportunity to:

✔️Gain clarity on validity findings from Orbis assessments.

✔️Stay ahead of trends shaping assessment research.

✔️Strengthen practice across justice systems, youth services, and behavioral health.


➡️ Seats are filling fast! 🚨Register now: https://hubs.ly/Q03NvpTD0

10/16/2025

Meet the Experts Leading Our Latest Webinar!

We’re excited to feature:

Danielle Rieger, Ph.D., Director of Research, Orbis Partners

David Robinson, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer & Director of Assessment, Orbis Partners

Together, they’ll discuss the latest validity evidence and highlight emerging directions in Orbis assessment research for professionals working with justice-involved populations.


➡️ Secure your spot today: https://hubs.ly/Q03Nvvx-0

10/15/2025

We’re proud to introduce CASSY – the Comprehensive Assessment for Services and Support of Youth.

Developed by Orbis Partners in collaboration with Illinois Department of Humans Services, CASSY expands the proven YASI framework to support youth across schools, child welfare, homeless services, re-entry programs, and juvenile justice.

🔑 What sets CASSY apart:

-An enhanced trauma-informed, strengths-based approach

-15 domains, 106 items that provide a holistic picture of each youth

-Action-oriented tools that help connect youth to wraparound services

-Dynamic dashboards to track growth and outcomes over time

CASSY gives professionals the insight needed to build plans that truly work.

🔗 Learn more: https://hubs.ly/Q03N7ksF0

10/14/2025

🔎 Explore the Latest in Orbis Assessment Research

Join us for Developments in Assessment Research by Orbis Partners on Oct 22 at 12:00 PM EDT.

This webinar will highlight:

📈Recent validity findings from Orbis assessment instruments.

🌐Emerging trends shaping services for justice-involved adults and youth.

🔍Insights with practical implications across justice systems, youth services, and behavioral health.


➡️ Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q03NvmHL0

09/24/2025

Mental Illness in Juveniles: Spotting Su***de Risk

Su***de prevention in juvenile facilities begins at intake with early detection of mental illness in justice-involved youth using tools like the MAYSI-2.