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The State of New Hampshire’s Family Involvement with the Child Outcomes Process. Cornerstone Project October 2004-September 2006. GSEG Grant. Cornerstone Project staff. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The State of New Hampshire’s Family Involvement with the Child Outcomes Process
Cornerstone Project October 2004-September 2006
GSEG Grant
Cornerstone Project staff Director, Coordinator, Finance Administrator,
Administrative Assistant,TA contractors, Data Consultants, Evaluation Team, Subcommittees
Representation from the following agencies: Family Organizations:
PIC (NH PTI) NH Family Voices NH Connections NAMI NH Granite State Federation of Families for Children’s Mental
Health ECO, NECTAC, WestEd
Part B 619 & Part C
Cornerstone Subcommittee’s Family Outcomes
Long distance participants Infant Toddler Outcomes Preschool Outcomes Data TA resources –NECTAC & ECO
June 2006 OH MY! Child Outcome Data system limitations
NH’s plan of action
October 2006 ECO Center Saves the day! Kathleen Hebbeler and Lynn Kahn journey
to NH to assist FCESS directors and management team from the family outcomes subcommittee in creating a plan for NH’s COSF and data collection process.
Pilot programs begin
South Central
South Eastern
Western
March 2007 ECO project staff train programs not
participating in the pilot Entire state begins collecting child
outcomes.
NH’s guidelines in CO collection Outcomes to be measured:
Children have positive social relationships Children acquire and use knowledge and
skills Children take appropriate action to meet their
needs Data collected at entry and exit
Guidelines continued Child outcomes are collected on the model
form developed by ECO project. Providers/families are given a choice of using COSF with or without the numbers listed on the 7 point scale
Assessment tools used are the HELP and IDA
Guidelines continued Information from evaluations, on-going
assessment, IFSP development activities are used along with family and ESS input on the three outcomes.
Optional for families to fully participate Policy and procedure document created for ESS
providers. Suggestion to create a brochure that will assist in
explaining the process with families.
Families create Child Outcomes Brochure BDS asks
management staff of the family outcomes subcommittee to draft brochure that providers could use in explaining the child outcomes process
Draft reviewed by all stakeholders and ECO staff
Brochure is now used statewide
Entry level data Entry level data is collected within 6 weeks
of eligibility determination for Children who are at least 6 months of age Expected to be in the program for at least 6
months For children who are less than 6 months of
age entry level data will be collected when the child becomes 6 months of age.
Exit data For children exiting at age 3 yrs, exit data
is collected within 90 days of the child’s third birthday.
For children exiting prior to their 3rd birthday service coordinators are responsible for ensuring exit data is collected prior to the child’s departure from ESS.
Initial challenges Data collection system
Excel spreadsheet Entry and exit collection what about
progress? NHSEIS
Success Child Outcomes data collection possible
through NH’s NHSEIS.