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Child Find: Project SEEK

Child Find: Project SEEK. OSEP National Early Childhood Conference February 2005. Beppie J. Shapiro, Ph.D. Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD University of Hawai‘i. * Compare Parts C and B Section 619 Child Count data for your state.

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Child Find: Project SEEK

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  1. Child Find: Project SEEK OSEP National Early Childhood Conference February 2005 Beppie J. Shapiro, Ph.D. Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD University of Hawai‘i

  2. * Compare Parts C and B Section 619 Child Count data for your state Compare lists of children served in SPED early grades to lists from same birth cohorts served thru Part C. How can you find out whether all (ok, almost all) eligible children are referred to Part C?

  3. Support of Part B Coordinator Geographically comparable lists from C & B MOA? FERPA? IRBs? Which kids will you study? Birth cohorts Disability/ Service profiles Comparing lists of children served in SPED early grades to lists from same birth cohorts served thru Part C.

  4. Disability/Service: SPED: 2 + services or condition identifiable before age 3 - Part C: biological risk develop. delay Compared lists Interviewed (phone) parents of most children served in Part B but not C Removed “record errors” and children born out of state from study Methods

  5. Good Child Count data comparison Serving 7.7% of birth cohort in 2003 Comparison of Part B and Part C enrolled from same birth cohorts - Over 25% of children born 1991-1994 with significant special needs were “missed”. Hawai‘i’s Example

  6. What professionals encounter babies? Design and administer surveys Analyze results Hawai‘i results 5 types of professionals from MDs to home visitors Over half of most groups did not know eligibility or cost to families Are professionals who see babies aware of Part C eligibility and cost to families?

  7. 2002 AAP Survey of Pediatricians: 53% not notified when referral received 30% don’t get evaluation results 47% don’t hear reasons for disposition * 61% don’t hear if program can’t contact family 49% don’t get IFSP or progress reports 54% don’t hear when family is discharged Do Part C Programs regularly communicate with professionals who referred children to Part C?

  8. Hawai`i strategies evaluated • Implemented in two sets of 3 communities: intervention, pre-post comparison, post-only comparison • Counts of annual referrals 3 years before implementation and one year after.

  9. Results: Referred

  10. And a final question: • How will your system handle increased referrals? • Intake • Evaluations • Services

  11. Contact: Beppie Shapirobeppie@hawaii.eduph. 808.973.9644

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