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Training Strategies and Resources for States Using the Child Outcomes Summary Form

Saundra Harrington (VA) Part C

Mary Peters (WI) Section 619

Chelsea Guillen (IL) Part C

Mary Anketell and Deb Daulton (PA) Birth-5

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Each state will describe:

Content and format of their COSF training

How they have ‘rolled-out’ training statewide

Issues, challenges, strategies, and lessons learned

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Content and format of COSF training in Virginia Presentation from State Part C TA

Consultant and 2 peer trainers (1 peer trainer consistent at all 8 trainings)

Used 3 case studies to walk through the process

Spent time on typical development expectations

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COSF training “roll-out” in Virginia

Held regional trainings across the state

Set the expectation that ALL service providers would attend one of the trainings and if not able, that someone attending the training would ensure they received all the information (trained 400 service providers)

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Issues, challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in Virginia

Understanding of typical child development across providers was discouraging

Provided guiding questions and adapted the decision tree with family friendly language to assist with the conversation

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Issues, challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in Virginia (continued)

Some localities have adapted the evaluation narrative to move away from the domains and report our results in the functional areas. This has been most helpful

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Content and format of COSF training in Wisconsin

Training Modules include: OSEP Child Outcomes: background and

understanding the three child outcome areas Ongoing Child Assessment Completing the Child Outcome Summary

Form Reporting Child Outcomes Team Process

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COSF training “roll-out” in Wisconsin

2005 Stakeholder meetings and initial training

2005-06 Statewide training for small sample LEAs

and counties

2007 Modules and train-the-trainer for Child

Outcome facilitators in each region

www.collaboratingpartners.com

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Issues, challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in Wisconsin Birth to 6 Child Outcome system

[] Separate lead agencies

[] Part C = census

[] 619 = sample strategy Building a statewide training/technical assistance

network Building with Wisconsin Model Early Learning

Standards training/best practice for on-going assessment

GSEG activities to develop a shared data system

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Content and format of COSF training in Illinois Focus on why and how as well as state-specific

requirements

Age-expected development, understanding immediate foundational skills, and how to include families in the discussion

Solicited input from service coordinators about challenges in completing COSF ratings

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Content and format of COSF training in Illinois (continued) Face-to-face training, online training, peer

training, case studies

Videos - child-specific and hopefully soon, mock IFSP meeting

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COSF training “roll-out” in Illinois

Started with service coordinators using statewide face to face training in March and April 2006

Online training for providers was available beginning April 2006

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COSF training “roll-out” in Illinois (continued)

In May of 2007, we followed up with a train the trainers model that was to include both providers and service coordinators

Information has also been included in the online service coordinator training and the systems overview training for all new service coordinators and providers

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Issues, challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in Illinois

Provider training is still optional -- so many have not completed it

Need to increase knowledge of age expected development

Need to develop resources for families More work remains on how to incorporate ratings

into Illinois' IFSP process Need to provide more sophisticated online training

for both SCs and providers

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Issues, challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in Illinois (continued)

Concerns with covering all domains adequately when only a single provider is involved

How to meaningfully rate very young children and speech-only kids

Getting all parties involved with the process in a recommended practice kind of way, i.e. incorporating it fully in the IFSP process and including all team members in the discussion

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Issues, challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in Illinois (continued)

Biggest challenge is getting everyone to enter data and ensuring consistency

Still working on getting strategies/resources to SCs and providers

Lesson learned -- best trainings include parallels of actual IFSP teams- much better discussions and understanding

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Content and format of COSF training in Pennsylvania

Matching 5 developmental domains to 3 child outcomes

Typical child development

Assessment tool training

Web resources for child development information

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COSF training “roll-out” in Pennsylvania

State staff identify what programs are involved such as EI, Child Care, Head Start

Participants identified through program supervisors

Complete training sessions

Refresher sessions

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COSF training “roll-out” in Pennsylvania (continued)

Use of state TA consultants

Web based registration

Roll out week

Videoconferences

Materials on web

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Issues, challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in Pennsylvania

Numbers of staff to train Do we know how many? Turn over

Developing the perfect database Maintaining the level of training support Roll out with early childhood partners Explaining progress on the COSF