Module 1 Learning More about the

Summary of Functional Performance

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Module 1

Overview of modules• Module 1: Setting the Stage: Global Child Outcomes and the

SFP• Module 2: Learning More About the SFP and COS Rating • Module 3: Essential Knowledge for Completing the SFP and COS

Rating• Module 4: Guidance for Completing the SFP and COS Rating

Within the Team Process• Module 5: Understanding Age-expected Child Development,

Developmental Trajectories, and Progress• Module 6: Using COS Data to Inform Program Improvement at

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Additional information – ESIT Website

Child and Family Outcomes heading at: http://www.del.wa.gov/development/esit/training.aspx

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Additional Information

For additional TA or questions, contact your program consultant, or visit the ECTA Center’s outcomes page at:

http://www.ectacenter.org/eco/index.asp (previously the ECO Center website)

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Module 1

Setting the Stage: Global Child Outcomes and the

Summary of Functional Performance

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The focus of this module:

Foundation necessary to integrate SFP into workUnderstand what we mean by global child outcomes

Learn about how the SFP relates to global child outcomes

Explain why data are being collected

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Outcomes

A benefit children or families experience as a result of services

Global outcomes vs. Individualized IFSP outcomes

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Global Outcomes

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Global child outcomes SFP

Global family outcomes family survey

3 Global Child Outcomes

Children have positive social relationships

Children acquire and use knowledge and skills

Children take appropriate action to meet their needs

(more on these in later modules)

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Summary of Functional Performance

Note: with the previous IFSP, this was a separate process called the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) process

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Section of IFSP-

Describes child’s current functioningAcross settings and with different people

Relative to age-expectations

In 3 global child outcome areas

Select statements that correspond to numbers on a rating scale (though families only see the descriptor statement)

SFP snapshots show changes in global child outcomes over time

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IFSP at Entry (required)

Annual IFSPs (optional)

IFSP at Exit (required)

SFP SFPSFP

Why gather Child Outcomes information?

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SFP provides data for…

Individual child and family

Individual program

State program

Federal accountability

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Why gather child outcomes information?

To provide information for families who as consumers have the right to know if their child’s program is effective

To identify strengths and weaknesses of programs and use the information to improve programs

To provide information for policymakers to justify future funding

Because the federal government requires it

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ESIT Mission

“To build upon family strengths by providing coordination, supports, resources, and services to enhance the development of children with developmental delays and disabilities through everyday learning opportunities.”

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Improvement Planning for Children and Families

Plan (vision) Child and Family characteristics

Child and family outcomesDevelop individualized IFSP outcomes

Implement

Check and Assess(Collect and analyze data)

ReflectAre we where

we want to be?

How is the child functioning in the 3 global outcome

areas across settings?

What are concerns and priorities?

What are we doing now?

Is it being done?

Is it working?

What should be done?

How best support parents/team in implementing?

Continuous Program Improvement

Plan (vision) Program characteristics

Child and family outcomes

Implement

Check(Collect and

analyze data)

ReflectAre we where

we want to be?

Is there a problem?

Why is it happening?

What should be done?

Is it being done?

Is it working?

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Reports for program use

Reports for

state use

Yet, ultimately, teachers, parents, and policymakers also need to know if young children are healthy, that they are developing essential social and emotional skills such as self-regulation and cooperative play, and that their emerging academic skills are developing appropriately. At the end of the day, early learning and development programs must begin to shift to evaluating the basic outcomes we seek and prize for our children."

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's Remarks at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference November 18, 2009

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Knowledge Check

1. Reasons to measure outcomes include:

a. To report to the federal government

b. To learn whether programs are effective

c. For program improvement

d. All of the above

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2. What is the Summary of Functional Performance?

a. An assessment tool

b. A method for determining eligibility

c. A snapshot of the child’s functioning across settings and situations

d. Another name for the IFSP

Answers

Question 1: Reasons to measure outcomes include:

d. “All of the above”

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Question 2: What is the Summary of Functional Performance?

c. “A snapshot of the child’s functioning across settings and situations.”

Knowledge Check3. The global child outcomes are different than IFSP outcomes because:

a. They are not different- they are exactly the same

b. They are a standard set of outcomes that describe the benefits we expect for all children who receive services

c. They focus on the needs of the family

d. They are an array of specific outcomes that describe what an individual child will achieve

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4. True or false- we only consider the three global outcomes once during the child’s participation in the program.

a. True

b. False

Answers

Question 3: The global child outcomes are different than IFSP outcomes because:

b. They are a standard set of outcomes that describe the benefits we expect for all children who receive services

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Question 4: We only consider the three global child outcomes once during the child’s participation in the program:

b. False

Reflection

How would you explain to a family why we collect child outcomes data?

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Resources

“Why collect outcomes data?”A voiced over PowerPoint with a foundational explanation of why outcomes data are collected.

https://unc-fpg-cdi.adobeconnect.com/_a992899727/whycollect/

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Coming next

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Module 1: Setting the Stage: Global Child Outcomes and the SFP

Module 2: Learning More about the SFP and COS Rating

Module 3: Essential Knowledge for Completing the SFP and COS Rating

Module 4: Guidance for Completing the SFP and COS Rating Within the Team Process

Module 5: Understanding the Age-Expected Child Development, Developmental Trajectories and Progress

Module 6: Using COS Data to Inform Program Improvement at All Levels