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Early Childhood Outcomes:

Integration into the IFSP Process The Why The What

The When & how

Try Not to Panic!

Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): Why Integrate them into the IFSP

Process? •  Accessing ECO data

•  Clunky KIDS ID assignment process for local tiny-k programs

•  Gaining “Ownership” of ECO data

•  Supportive of a Linked System of Early Intervention

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Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): Why Integrate them into the IFSP

Process? •  The 3 outcomes are a framework, a lens, for viewing

child functioning and planning intervention

•  Socially validated – reflect what we are trying to achieve

•  Functional

•  They’re integrated – emphasize the whole child

•  Flexible – not wedded to one particular assessment, curriculum, or level of child functioning

Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): Why Integrate them into the IFSP

Process? •  More understandable, measureable individualized

IFSP outcomes

•  Families can tell when their children are achieving desired outcomes

•  Reinforces the assessment and planning cycle

•  Improves practice

•  Supports progress in the overarching areas that are central to Early Intervention

Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): Why Integrate them into the IFSP

Process? •  Formatting evaluation and IFSP narrative in 3

outcome areas actually saves time & makes the discussion more meaningful for families.

•  Staff have entered into a stronger partnership with families, sharing the responsibility for the evaluation narrative with the families to provide the information that isn’t collected by the assessment tool.

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Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): Why Integrate them into the IFSP

Process?

•  Critical to the picture of what we are all trying to accomplish

Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): Why Integrate them into the IFSP

Process? For children:

“To enable young children to be active and successful participants during the early childhood years and in the future in a variety of settings – in their homes with their families, in child care, preschool or school programs, and in the community.”

Based on the ECO stakeholder process when identifying 3 functional outcomes

Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): What will Integration into IFSP

Process look like? Same

•  Still use the Decision Tree

•  Still use Curriculum-Based Assessments

•  Still frame “My Child’s Story” around the 3 ECOs

Different •  No COSF

•  No Separate Database •  No Assigning of KIDS IDs •  Specific Conversations with Parents

•  New ECO Summary Statements (no numerical value to rating)

•  New DBRF

•  Annual Process •  ITS – Unique Identifier

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Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): What will Integration into IFSP

Process look like? Different

•  Conversations with Parents/Families

•  What are your biggest fears?

•  We will address some of those in the next session

Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): What will Integration into IFSP

Process look like? •  New ECO Summary Statements

•  No more Numerically based “ratings”

•  Banish the word “Ratings” from your vocabulary!

•  Definitions within Summary Statements

•  Child Outcomes Booklet

Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): What will Integration into IFSP

Process look like?

•  Linking ECO to IFSP Outcomes

•  Show and Tell •  Test Site

•  Sample Outcomes sheet

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Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): What will Integration into IFSP

Process look like?

• Annual Process

•  Initial IFSP

• Annual Reviews

• Exit •  Final meeting with families – Last visit

• Not an IFSP review

• Final Assessment of progress toward ECOs & IFSP outcomes

Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO): When/how will Integration into

IFSP Happen? •  Starting July 1, 2015

•  Through Web-Based IFSP – Automatically

•  Manually through the ITS Database

•  There will still be some overlap between OWS and the new process as you exit existing children from your program

•  We are working out details with KSDE to have continued access to the OWS system

Self-Assessment

• Are you ready?

• Are we ready (KDHE)?

•  •  We need YOU! To help us to pilot the use

between now and June.

•  Volunteers?

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4/9/2015 KDHE Infant-Toddler Services Spring Combo