Measuring Child and Family Outcomes National TA Meeting

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• Measuring Child and Family Outcomes National TA
  Meeting
• Welcome from OSEP
• April 2006

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Why is the focus on early childhood and family
outcomes important?

• Improve results for young children with
  disabilities and their families
• Meeting a need in the field
• Development of outcomes for general early
  childhood programs
• Address GPRA and PART

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Approach

• Short-term obtain data from the States
  regarding child and family outcome GPRA
  indicators used to assess program performance at
  the Federal Level
• Long-term support the development of State
  early childhood outcome data collection used for
  program improvement by States, local programs and
  service providers

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Highlights from 2005 / early 2006

• Spring SPP/APR packages published for public
  comment, including child and family outcomes
• Summer OSEP finalizes SPP/APR packages,
  including child and family outcomes
• -Summer Institute
• -New GSEG competition announced
• Fall FAQs, Timelines, and Conference call
  series
• December SPPs due
• March 2006 new GSEGs awarded

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Child Outcomes Part B, Preschool Monitoring
Priority Indicator 7

• Percent of preschoolers with IEPs who demonstrate
  improved
• A. Positive social-emotional skills (including
  social relationships)
• B. Acquisition and use of knowledge and skills
  (including early language/ communication and
  early literacy and
• C. Use of appropriate behaviors to meet their
  needs.

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Child Outcomes Part C Monitoring Priority
Indicator 3

• Percent of infants and toddlers with IFSPs who
  demonstrate improved
• A. Positive social-emotional skills (including
  social relationships)
• B. Acquisition and use of knowledge and skills
  (including early language/ communication) and
• C. Use of appropriate behaviors to meet
• their needs.

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Parent Involvement Part B Monitoring Priority
Indicator 8

• Percent of parents with a child receiving special
  education services who report that schools
  facilitated parent involvement as a means of
  improving services and results for children with
  disabilities.

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Family Outcomes Part C Monitoring Priority
Indicator 4

• Percent of families participating in Part C who
  report that early intervention services have
  helped the family
• A.      Know their rights
• B.      Effectively communicate their childrens
  needs and
• C.      Help their children develop and learn.

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Next Steps

• SPP summaries and analysis by TA projects
• Feb 2007 APR child status at entry data due
  family involvement/outcomes baseline data due
• Feb 2008 APR child progress data due, targets
  set

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Proposed Technical Change to Child Outcomes Data
Source and Measurement

• No changes to outcome indicators
• Proposing to expand the 3 categories under the
  Measurement column to 4

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Proposed Technical Change to Child Outcomes Data
Source and Measurement
CURRENT
a. of children who reach or maintain functioning at a level comparable to same-aged peers

b. of children who improve functioning (not in a)
c. of children who did not improve functioning
PROPOSED CHANGE
a. of children who maintain functioning at a level comparable to same-aged peers
b. of children who improved functioning to reach a level comparable to same-aged peers
c. of children who improve functioning but did not reach a level comparable to same-aged peers
d. of children who did not improve functioning
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Technical Change to Part B Indicator

• Have developed revision to Part B indicator
• Package to OMB with Part B regulations
• Public comment 30 days
• Analyze comments and issue final technical change
• Package will become final when regulations are
  final

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Technical Change to Part C Indicator

• Part C Conforming changes
• Currently Emergency clearance expires end of
  July
• Will request another emergency clearance and will
  open for comment as part of clearance
• Package will not become final until the Part C
  regulations are final

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GSEG Competition

• 40 Outcomes applications
• Funded 8
• Positive All have Part C included
• Some exclusive Part C
• Some B/C with Part C as lead

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Better Data ? Better Outcomes

• Data ? Improvement strategies
• Improvement strategies ? Better outcomes
• OSEP staff available

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Enjoy the Conference!!

• Sampling discussion w/ Larry during Lunch on
  Wednesday
• OSEP updates on Thursday morning