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Wisconsin's
Children Moving Forward:
OSEP Child Outcomes Training Guide 2007
CONTACTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This training
is about the new federal and state requirements for reporting progress
and outcomes of young children with IFSPs and IEPs. The recent emphasis
on accountability is driven by the Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA, 1993) which requires federal agencies to collect and
report data on performance to Congress and the Public. The Office
of Management and Budget introduced the Performance Assessment Rating
Tool (PART) to align the budget process with performance data required
by GPRA. In 2002 when IDEA programs were assessed, the finding was
“results not found” meaning that insufficient data existed
on which to determine the performance of IDEA programs. The Individuals
with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) 2004 reinforces
this heightened awareness of accountability, with the primary focus
of state and federal monitoring activities being on improving educational
results and functional outcomes for children with disabilities.
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is responsible for
ensuring state compliance with IDEA e.g. improving educational results
and functional outcomes for children with disabilities. The
finding of the PART assessment e.g. “results not found,”
reinforced the need for OSEP to develop a system to provide data
demonstrating the impact of IDEA programs.
Purpose of
the OSEP Child Outcomes Training:
- Participants
will understand the federal and state mandates to collect information
on three OSEP Child Outcomes;
- Participants
will understand how to use on going assessment information to
enhance service planning and improve child outcomes;
- Participants
will understand how to summarize the data using the Early Childhood
Outcomes Summary Form;
- Participants
will understand how to report OSEP Child Outcomes Data to appropriate
state departments.
Participants:
The Wisconsin’s
Children Moving Forward: OSEP Child Outcomes Training is intended
for teams from counties and school districts that will be collecting
and reporting OSEP Child Outcomes Data to the Department of Public
Instruction or the Department of Health and Family Services. Teams
may include Birth to 3 Service Coordinators, Birth to 3 Program
Managers, Early Interventionists, Directors of Special Education,
Program Support Teachers, Local Education Agency (LEA) representatives,
teachers, related service personnel, principals and others as appropriate.
Training
Resources:
Training resources
are designed for those responsible for facilitating the OSEP Birth
to 6 Child Outcomes Training in regional, CESA-wide, and/or local
trainings including:
- RESource
and other Birth to3 facilitators;
- CESA and
LEA Program Support Teachers and other facilitators;
- Community
Collaboration Coaches;
- and Higher
Education Partners
Training
Design:
A module format
has been used to design this training. The Introduction Section
and Resources and Wrap-up Section are intended to be used
for ALL trainings. The facilitator can choose to use one, several
or all modules for training.
The training
design team is aware of the fact that highly qualified educators
who are experienced trainers will be using this document. It
is our hope that you will use the materials that have been prepared
for the Wisconsin’s Children Moving Forward: OSEP Child
Outcomes Training and continue to enhance the trainings
you will be doing by adding and/or adapting group activities to
meet the unique needs of your audience. If you develop new
group activities or video clips, please send them to Mary Peters,
Department of Public Instruction Mary.Peters@dpi.state.wi.us
so that they can be added to the training materials and shared with
other trainers.
Training
Modules and Participant Objectives:
Introduction
- Participants
will become acclimated to the environment and familiar with other
participants attending the training.
- Participants
will get to know and feel comfortable with the presenters doing
the training.
- Participants
will become familiar with the DHFS and DPI as the agencies associated
with the OSEP Child Outcomes Training.
- Participants
will become aware of the agenda and purpose for the training
Module 1
OSEP Child Outcomes Background Information
- Participants
will understand how to collect information on the three OSEP child
outcomes
- Participants
will describe the indicators associated with the state performance
plan (IDEA Part B, Indicator 7 and IDEA Part C, Indicator 3).
- Participants
will have an understanding of Wisconsin’s Birth – 6
Child Outcome System.
Module 2 Understanding
the OSEP Child Outcomes
- Participants
will describe the purpose for measuring child outcomes.
- Participants
will know and understand the meaning of functional outcomes.
- Participants
will know the three child outcomes and the description of each
of the outcomes.
Module 3 On
Going Child Assessment
- Participants
will understand how to use on going assessment information to
- enhance services
for individual children.
- Participants
will describe the Wisconsin Assessment Princlples.
- Participants
will understand how the OSEP Child Outcomes and the assessment
instruments are aligned through the use of the ECO crosswalks.
- Participants
will become familiar with the assessment tools and assessment
best practices.
Module 4 Team
Process for Completing ECO Child Summary Form
- Participants
will describe how to use multiple measures and sources to complete
the Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF).
- Participants
will understand how to complete the COSF, including completing
summary of relevant information and determining child ratings
in the three child outcome areas.
- Participants
will utilize a decision tree for summary rating discussions during
their team decision process.
Module 5 Reporting
OSEP Child Outcomes
- Participants
will describe how to report child outcomes data using the child
outcome reporting web-based survey.
Module 6 OSEP
Child Outcomes Team Process
- Participants
will develop a team process action plan to determine how they
will:
- use the
child outcome summary form within teams
- collect
and organize information
- make
determinations about ratings
- maintain
child outcome summary information
- decide
who will report to DHFS or DPI
Resources
and Wrap-Up
Participants
will become aware of the resources that can provide on-going support
for their districts and counties.
Handouts:
Module
1
1.1 Short
List of Web Based Resources, Larry Edelman and Mary Mclean
1.2 SPP/APR
Part C and Part B
1.3 OSEP
Child Outcomes Part C, SPP Indicator #3 and Part B, SPP Indicator
#7
1.4 The
Birth to Six Outcome System
Module
2
2.1 Foundations/OSEP
Child Outcomes
2.2 OSEP
Three Child Outcomes
Module
3
3.1 NAEYC
Where We Stand
3.2 Wisconsin
Assessment Principles
3.3 Alignment
of Assessment Process with Child Outcomes Process
3.4 Wisconsin
Model Early Learning Standards Booklet
3.5 WMELS
Teaching Cycle
3.6 Wisconsin
Assessment Resources
3.7 Crosswalk
of OSEP Outcomes, WMELS and Tools
Module
4
4.1 Instructions
for Completing the Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF)
Child Outcome
Summary Form (COSF)
4.2 Decision
Tree for Summary Rating Discussions
4.3 Claire
Case Example: Child Outcomes Summary Form(COSF)
4.4 Reflections:
Team Decision Making
Module
5
5.1 Sample
Report for Child Outcomes Web Based Reporting
Module
6
6.1 Assessment
Matrix Planning Form
6.2 Planning
Form for OSEP Child Outcomes Process
Resources
and Wrap-up
R.1 Listserv
for OSEP Child Outcomes
R.2 OSEP
Child Outcomes Questions and Answers
Evaluation
Forms for each Module:
1.1 OSEP
Child Outcomes Background Information
2.1 Understanding
the OSEP Child Outcomes
3.1 On Going
Child Assessment
4.1 Team
Process for Completing ECO Child Summary Form
5.1 Reporting
OSEP Child Outcomes
6.1 OSEP
Child Outcomes Team Process
R.1 Wisconsin’s
Children Moving Forward: OSEP Child Outcomes Training
2007 (overall
training evaluation)
Case Studies:
4.1 Child
Birth to 3
4.2 Child
Birth to 3
4.3 Child
3 through 5
4.4 Child
3 through 5
Training
DVD:
Module
3
3.1 Mary
McLean, Coming Together Around Best Assessment Practices
3.2 Sam Meisels,
Summary of Assessment Principles
3.3 OSEP Child
Outcomes Recommended Assessment Tools
CONTACTS
:
Department
of Public Instruction
Mary Peters
mary.peters@dpi.state.wi.us
Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Beth Wroblewski
wrolbm@dhfs.state.wi.us
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