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Measuring Child and Family Outcomes Baltimore, MD 2008. Child Outcomes Measurement: Practices at the Local Level Amanda Faulkner, Frontier Community Services Linda Borghols, AK Part C Keri Bowers, Charleston County School District Norma Donaldson-Jenkins, SC 619. State Profile: AK.
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Measuring Child and Family Outcomes Baltimore, MD 2008 Child Outcomes Measurement: Practices at the Local Level Amanda Faulkner, Frontier Community Services Linda Borghols, AK Part C Keri Bowers, Charleston County School District Norma Donaldson-Jenkins, SC 619
State Profile: AK • DHSS/Office of Children’s Services • Part C (birth to 3) • Using Child Outcomes Summary Form • Decided by stakeholder process • Collecting data statewide since March 2007
State Profile: AK • Anchor tools • AEPS • Bayley–III • Carolina Curriculum • Brigance • ELAP • HELP • Michigan • SEED
State Profile: SC • State Department of Education • 619 (3 through 5) • Using Child Outcomes Summary Form • Decided by stakeholder process • Collecting data for more than a year • Using several assessment tools including AEPS
Local Challenge STAFF DEVELOPMENT!!
Local Strategies--SC • Collaboration • Focus groups • Materials development
Local Strategies--AK • Collaboration • Training materials on line • Training integral to staff development • Feedback informing training
Local Challenge AGE EXPECTED CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Local Strategies--SC • Early learning standards • Web resources • Team communication • Input from general educators
Local Strategies--AK • Parents as active team members • Decision tree • Gathering sufficient information about the child
Local Challenge MEETING AS A TEAM
Local Strategies--SC • Phone conferences • Scheduling meetings to coincide with IEP team meetings • Shared folder on district site that is password protected
Local Strategies--AK • Teleconferences, especially with rural communities • Strategic meeting scheduling
Local Challenge SHIFT TOWARD THINKING FUNCTIONALLY
Local Strategies--SC • Picture children in different settings • Collect information from the family about how the child functions in daily life
Local Strategies--AK • Core competencies • Functional assessment and IFSP goals • Face-to-face training • Monthly teleconferences • Crosswalks • PRACTICE!!!
Local BENEFITS--SC • Opportunities to collaborate with other staff, other programs • Improved IEP goals • Improved communication with families about child’s functioning
Local BENEFITS--AK • Stronger collaboration between ILP and school district • ILP and school district using same form!! • More functional IFSP goals