Kansas Division of Early Childhood

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Kansas Division of Early Childhood February
24, 2005
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Family Outcomes Policy Practice
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Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act (2004)
PART B
Appropriations 384,597,408
(up from 2004)
Number of children served (7/04) 679,212
PART C
Appropriations 440,808,096
(down from 2004)
Number of children served (7/04) 272,454
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Whats NEW in the IFSP.
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IFSP supports family outcomes through
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Whats NEW in the IEP.
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Whats NEW in the IEP CONT.
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IEP supports family outcomes through
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IDEA Family Services/Supports Part C
Family training Counseling home visits
Special Instruction
Psychological services
Service Coordination Services
Social Work Services
Transportation
Assistive Technology
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IDEA Family Services/Supports Part B
Family training Counseling home visits
Psychological services
Social Work Services
Audiology Services
Speech Language Services
Orientation Mobility Services
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IDEA Program Evaluation-Part C
(NEILS data 1998-72 2001 73)
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IDEA Program Evaluation-Part B
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Federal Legislation
Program Assessment Rating tool (2002) Evaluates
agencies in 4 areas
Program purpose and design 100
Program Management 44
Strategic Planning 29
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Program Results -0
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Office of Special Education Responds.
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Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) Center
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ECO Family Outcomes
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• Family Outcomes Voices from Families
• National Center on Outcome Resources - ncor.org

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Quotes from NCOR focus groups

• How I define quality is in terms of how I define
  
• my family relationship, my family role,
• and how I define what fulfils our need
• as a family in the community.

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Quotes cont-
When you are going to bring supports into my
house, into my family, please make them
non-invasive we want to feel like a normal
family as much as possible.
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Quotes cont-
Parents should be the ones defining what
inclusion means.
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Quotes cont-
High quality service does not mean a program it
means building support for the individual from
co-workers, neighbors, people who work in the
stores all the people that my son lives and
works with and interacts with every day.
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Beach Center on Disability Family Outcomes
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Family Comments Preliminary results from FCI
my husband would like to participate on sports
teams, but he doesnt want to leave me with the
kids so he doesnt.
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FCI Family Comments
she knows people are staring at her and I had
to say something
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FCI Family Comments

• I couldnt find one a church that would accept
  my child
• I had to drive 18 miles to get this service.

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FCI Family Comments

• A lot of times my older son can not join
• hobby-based clubs because
• of my other sons therapy needs.

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FCI Family Comments

• finding someone to work with our child
• with behavior issues is tricky

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FCI Family Comments
a lot of people (referring to other parents
of kids with disabilities) dont like to leave
the house because it is way too hard for their
child to handle the situation, so instead they
have friends over.
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FCI Family Comments

• ..nobody right now can do this
• (attend education courses
• we are interested,
• but trying to figure it out
• there is no solution now.

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FCI Family Comments
spending time together as a family is
important.
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FCI Family Comments
..going to dinner at a fancy restaurant would be
nice too many behavior issues now.
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FCI Family Comments
..just having a break to go shopping or to the
movies by myself would be nice..
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Summary
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Family and Professional Networks