Embedding Intervention a Team Approach

Effective Practices Supporting 2014 Reliable and Valid Early Childhood Outcomes Measurement

Module 1. Overview of the Early Childhood Outcomes System

Objectives:

Participants will understand (slide 2):

 Why are we doing this?  What are the three child outcomes?  What is functional performance and how do we measure it?  What is the 7 point rating scale?  What is a developmental trajectory?  What does this mean to me and my program?

Content outline:

 What are the expectations of professionals who do the COS ratings? (slide 3-4) o Handout: NC Professional Teaching Standards

 Measuring and collecting outcomes data- why are we doing this? (Slide 5-8)

 What are the three outcomes? (Slide 9-11 ) o Video: Step by Step by Larry Edelman

 What are functional outcomes? (Slide 12-22) o Handout: Early Childhood Outcomes System (COS) brochure

 What is the process for measurement? (Slide 23-28)

 How do you gather reliable data to support the ratings? (Slide 29) o Observations (slide 30-37) . Activity: Observing Nathan . Activity: Organizing observations into the outcomes . Handout: Scripted Observation Notes from Captain Nathan Video

o Collecting data from other sources (slide 38-44)

o Collecting data from interviews (slide 45)

Improving the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) Process NC Early Learning Network, a joint project of NC-DPI and UNC-FPG, 2014 Effective Practices Supporting 2014 Reliable and Valid Early Childhood Outcomes Measurement

Module 1. Overview of the Early Childhood Outcomes System

 How do I measure these data? (slide 46-47)) o Activity: Age-anchoring the data from Nathan o Handout: Age-Anchoring Tool for Use with the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) process o Handout: Nathan's Observation Notes Sorted by Outcomes

 Now, how do I do the rating? (slide 48-53) o Handout: Early Childhood Outcomes System (brochure) o Activity: Doing the 7 point COS rating on Nathan’s data

 So what does this mean? (slide 54-56)

 Developmental Trajectories (slide 57-76)

o Handout: Understanding the Developmental Trajectories for Early Childhood Outcomes

 Have you charted developmental trajectories? (slide 77) o Activity: Converting COS data into OSEP Progress Categories o Handout: Converting COS Data into OSEP Progress Categories

 Discussion activity (slide 78)

 How is this information being used? (slide 79-81)

Improving the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) Process NC Early Learning Network, a joint project of NC-DPI and UNC-FPG, 2014