: 9:00 -10:15 11:45 -1:00Live Participation Times am am and am pm: Audience All BabyNet System Personnel and Contracted Providers

Sponsored by the Team for Early Childhood Solutions (TECS)Facilitated by Lesly Wilson, PhD, OTR/L

AGENDA Overview of Child Outcomes Measures(10mins) Overview of Child Outcomes Data Collection

Resources (25mins) Overview of the South Carolina Child Outcomes Data

Collection Process & Team Member Roles (25mins) Questions & Answers (15mins)

OBJECTIVES•Review IDEA 2004 Reauthorization

•Define The Three Child Outcomes Measures

IDEA 2004:“The primary focus of Federal and State monitoring activities shall be on improving education results and functional outcomes for all children with disabilities… ..”

(P.L. 108-446)

Federal Legislation

OSEPnational

OSEP Child Outcomes

Positive Social Emotional Relationships

Acquisition and Use of Knowledge and Skills

Appropriate use of behaviors to meet needs

OSEPFEDERAL

To increase the % of children who function at the level of their same-age peersmake progress toward the level of their same-age peers

To decrease the % of children who do not make progress toward the level of their same-age peers

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Goal

OSEPFEDERAL

OBJECTIVES• Review TECS Website Resources (e.g. Forms, FAQ,

Developmental Milestones, etc.)• Review TECSBOOK (e.g. Child Outcomes Training Series)

1. Visit the TECS Website: http://uscm.med.sc.edu/tecs/index.htm

2. Look on the left hand side of screen AND3. Click on Child and Family Outcomes

Child Outcomes Resource Page

Direct link to page: http://uscm.med.sc.edu/tecs/childoutcomesinforevised.htm

Child Outcomes Process Resources - , (32 )TECS Tab Information on CBAs PDF version K

(Instructions for Child Outcome Summary Form COSF)Child Outcome Summary Form- COSF (1 page version)*Child Outcomes Summary Form- COSF ( 3 page version)*Assessment EPS Crosswalk, PDF version (115 K) HELP Crosswalk, PDF version (91 K) Creative Curriculum CrosswalkECO Rating Scale & Definitions, PDF version (23 K)              Decision Tree, PDF version (20 K)Decision Tree (color version), PDF version (54 K)*NOTE: There is only one COSF; however the form is offered in two different formats for ease of use and   preference.

TECS RESOURCES

TECS RESOURCES Functional Development Resources  

Thinking Functionally, PDF version (81 K)Tips Talking Parents, PDF version (39 K)Conversations with Families, Word version (35 K) Age Appropriate Development Milestones Checklist, PDF version (519 K) Milestones by 3 and 4 Years of Age Separation Anxiety Dealing with Temper Tantrums What is Positive Behavior Support (PBS)?Bonding with Children

Archived Child Outcomes Training Events & . 2006-Materials from Aug present

TECS RESOURCES

Available External Resources 101Outcomes

·    ECO website with Q&A  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/faqs.cfm

 Functional Assessment·    Coming Together Around the Best Assessment Guidelines (Wisconsin State Improvement Grant product) http://www.wisconsinsig.org/video/bestprac-pc.html

  Social Emotional Development·    Collaborative multimedia presentation concerning evidence based practice and challenging behaviors http://breeze.unc.edu/challengingbehavior  ·    National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center’s (NECTAC) website link for resources related to social emotional development  http://www.nectac.org/~calls/2007/challengingbehavior/challenge.asp

 

Available External Resources

Acquiring and Using Knowledge and Skills·    NECTAC website for resources related to early identification of specific populations http://www.nectac.org/topics/earlyid/idspecpops.asp  ·    National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media, and Materials (NCIP) Library website for resources related to infants and assistive technology http://www2.edc.org/ncip/library/ec/Power.htm

Available External Resources

  Taking Actions to Meet Needs·     NECTAC website with bibliography on inclusion http://www.nectac.org/topics/inclusion/search/incluAllByAuthor.asp

Available External Resources

Child Outcomes & TECSBOOK

CHILD OUTCOMES

Competency Area 4: Evaluation and Assessment4000

•ENTRY & EXIT•Service Coordinator

•Service Provider

TEAM PROCESS All IFSP team members should participate in the child

outcome measures rating process. Including family members. All IFSP team members should complete a COSF inclusive of

crosswalked CBA information. All IFSP team members should develop an individual rating

using the Decision Tree. The Service Coordinators are responsible for developing the

final team consensus rating based on IFSP team member COSF input.

The Service Coordinators are responsible for inputting final ratings into ENTRY or EXIT data portals.

ENTRY DATA IS REPORTED FOR EVERY CHILD WHO…

has entered BabyNet system on or after August 1, 2006

AND

are between ages birth and 30 months of age at time of initial IFSP

ENTRY Status Data Capture: BNSC’s ROLE

Based on input & Decision Tree process,

assigns child an Entry Rating on each of the three outcomes

Service CoordinatorDocuments input

on the Child Outcome

Summary Form (COSF)

Documents Entry Rating on-line AND

places completed COSF with

a Copy of online inputtedEntry Ratingin child’s file

Gathers current functional status input from:

1) family2) early care educator

3) cross-walked CBA items4) any existing providers

EXIT DATA IS REPORTED FOR EVERY CHILD WHO… entered BabyNet system on or after August 1, 2006

AND

were age 30 months or less when the Initial IFSP was developed

AND have been continuously enrolled in BabyNet system

for at least 6 months prior to EXIT

DDSN or SCSDB Service Coordinators

These BNSCs employed by these agencies will complete the child outcomes process at exit (including data input) for children who:

DHEC Service Coordinators

Service coordinators employed by this agency will complete thechild outcomes process (including all required data input) at exit for Children who:

are no longer eligible for Part C, or are turning 3, or

have a planned move out of state

AND for Children who:DHEC is the ongoing service coordinator, OR

The family has declined continued participation in all Part C services, OR Special Instruction services through DDSN are discontinued prior to exit from Part C.

Exit Status Data Capture: BNSC’s Role

Gathers current functional status input from:

1) family2) early care educator

3) cross-walked CBA items4) other relevant persons?

Documents input

on the COSF

Forwards to all team members

Using the Decision Tree, and the all completed COSFs,

assigns an Exit Rating

Inputs online: Entry Rating (present in

child’s file) and Exit RatingChild Status category

Yes/No – new skills

Four Main Steps in Process Step One- Determine age of child at completion of initial IFSP

Step Two- Complete ENTRY child outcomes process

Step Three- Determine number of months child has been continuously enrolled in system

Step Four- Complete EXIT child outcomes process

How is the BabyNet Service Provider (BNSP) involved in process? For each outcome, synthesis of data and observations relevant

to provider’s area of service regarding child’s functional abilities relative to same-age peers, and

Using the ECO Decision Tree, assign and record a rating to the child’s functional abilities compared to same-peers.

Return the completed COSF to the child’s BabyNet Service Coordinator.

Exit Status Data Capture: BNSP’s Role at EXIT

Reviews input from BNSC COSF: *family

*early care educator, and *CBA items cross-walked

BNSP completes all relevant sections of COSF using multiple sources of information:

•Documents relevant information•Corresponds relevant information to

source (e.g., CBAs and/or other assessments, treatment or service notes, documented parent report, recorded observations, IFSP, etc.)

•Indicates if any relevant skills are new

Uses Decision Tree to determine rating for child in each

outcome area and return form/information to BNSC

2006 Annual Performance Report

The first year’s report captures a limited number (n=11) of children in the initial cohort who reportedly exited our system between February 1, 2007 (marking at least 6 months of service for children who entered the system in any time on or after August 1, 2006) and June 30, 2007.

2007 Annual Performance Report

The second year’s report reveals an increase in the number of children with exit data captured in the system between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. Data was captured for 286 children regarding positive social-emotional skills; 285 children regarding acquisition and use of knowledge and skills; 283 children regarding use of appropriate behaviors to meet their needs. Data reveals that data categories were not captured for all reported children.

2008 Annual Performance Report

The ’ third year s report has not been completed as data is still being captured until June 30, 2009.

Preliminary data as of April 30, 2009 provides child outcome measure reporting on

Documents Associated with Training

Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) Decision Tree for Summary Rating Decision ECO 7-Point Rating Scale for use with COSF BNSC Checklist BNSP Checklist

, To download copies of these documents visit the child outcomes link within the TECS website

:// . . . / / .http uscm med sc edu tecs childoutcomesinforevised htm

Data Collection Portals ENTRY DATA Portal (password: entry) https://classclimate.uts.sc.edu/classclimate/indexstud.php EXIT DATA Portal (password: exitdata)

https://classclimate.uts.sc.edu/classclimate/indexstud.php

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ’ ABC s of Child Development

:// . . / / /http www pbs org wholechild abc

Developmental Milestones :// . . . /1 / / .http www med umich edu libr yourchild devmile htm

Assessment Best Practice Resource :// . . / / _ 01-1.http www collaboratingpartners com dvd Title wvx

Assessment Crosswalks

:// . . . /~ / .http www fpg unc edu eco crosswalks cfm

Acknowledgements and Credits: TECS Team for Early Childhood Solutions

Center for Disability Resources, University of South Carolina,Dept. of Pediatrics, School of MedicineColumbia, SC 29208Phone: 803/935-5227 Fax: 803/935-5300http://www.sc.edu/tecs/

The Center for Disability Resources (CDR) is recognized as A University Center for Excellence in Developmental

, , Disabilities Education Research and Services by the Association of University Centers on Disabilities and by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration For Children and Families, Administration on Developmental Disabilities.