CoCASA Training Resources

Title: “How to” Basics

Length: 1-1/2 hours

Target Audience: New or occasional CoCASA users

This first of four CoCASA trainings explains the basic functions of setting up a provider, creating an assessment, and entering or importing patient data. This training also describes the use of CoCASA’s VFC-AFIX Evaluation tab.

Title: Reports: “How to” and their Interpretation

Length: 1-1/2 hours

Target Audience: New or occasional CoCASA users (pre-requisite: CoCASA 101 or equivalent knowledge); Experienced CoCASA users who need a review or new ideas about how to use the reports.

This second of four CoCASA trainings explains the various reports within CoCASA. How to use, understand, and interpret the many reports are the topics covered in this training.

Core CoCASA Assessment (AFIX) Reports (May 2009)

Title: Database Maintenance and Management

Length: 1 hour

Target Audience: New or occasional CoCASA users (pre-requisite: CoCASA 101 or equivalent knowledge); Experienced CoCASA users who need a review

This third of four CoCASA trainings demonstrates the various functions contained in CoCASA’s upper toolbar. Topics covered include:

• Exporting and Importing Data
• Merging Assessments
• Backing-up and Restoring Records
• Deleting Records and Removing Records Marked for Deletion
• Removing Duplicate Patients
• Copying the Database
• Creating a new Database
• Changing a Database Location
• Compacting/Repairing the Database

Note: CoCASA 401 and 501 were recorded together. The link to the recording and transcript are listed under CoCASA 501.

Title: Advanced & Customized Uses of Your CoCASA Data

Length: 1 hour

Target Audience: Users who coordinate AFIX, VFC or CoCASA activities at the state, territory or local levels

This fourth of four CoCASA trainings provides directions for using Microsoft Access to manage your CoCASA data and your VFC/AFIX program by creating custom queries and reports (prior knowledge of Microsoft Access not necessary).

Note: CoCASA 501 immediately follows CoCASA 401. CoCASA 401 and 501 were recorded together and the combined recording is provided below.