Completing the COSF: Entry and Exit Processes for Child Outcomes

1. Completing the COSF at Initial Entry and Permanent Exit

2. The COSF • Cover page + three outcome pages • On each outcome page: • Two questions per outcome • Space to document the basis for the rating • Question a is completed on entry into the program and a AND b are completed on exit from the program (Part C or Part B) for each indicator Hebbeler, K. (2006). Using the child outcomes summary form. Presentation at Early Intervention Community in Helena Montana. Chapel Hill, NC: Early Childhood Outcomes Center.

3. Roles on Cover Page • When completing team members’ roles, choose from one of the roles on Table 1 • Choose the role most closely associated with each persons’ role on the team for this child • Data entry into the Outcomes Web System requires choosing from the list of roles on Table 1

4. Outcomes Pages • Use Table 2 for documenting source of information • Document the who or what of record review, interview, or observation in the summary of relevant results (i.e. SLP observed Jamie in his home, review of Dr. Smith’s records) • Use last date of assessment rather than multiple dates

5. Summary of Relevant Results • Include positive statements about functional skills observed • Only include information actually used in determining rating • Document what evidence led to the rating • Age expected functioning • Immediate foundational skills • Foundational skills and behaviors that will lead to immediate functional skills

6. Questions 1b, 2b, 3b on Exit • When child exits from program (Part C or Part B) the rating process and completing COSF process will be repeated • In addition, an additional progress question will be completed for each outcome • If the child gained even one new functional behavior from entry to exit the answer to the progress question is yes and progress is described