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Including Parents In Alaska Child Outcomes

Including Parents In Alaska Child Outcomes. Alaska Child Outcomes Development. Summer 2005 – General Supervision Enhancement Grant (GSEG) Infant & Toddler group formed as a subset of a larger GSEG group. AK GSEG Infant & Toddler Workgroup Goals

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Including Parents In Alaska Child Outcomes

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  1. Including Parents In Alaska Child Outcomes

  2. Alaska Child Outcomes Development Summer 2005 – General Supervision Enhancement Grant (GSEG) Infant & Toddler group formed as a subset of a larger GSEG group

  3. AK GSEG Infant & Toddler • Workgroup Goals • Develop Infant & Toddler Outcomes Standards, based on ECO recommendations • Aligned with state 3 - 21outcome standards • Define child outcome measurements and targets • Provide recommendations for EI/ILP data enhancement or development

  4. Alaska Early Childhood Providers Child Outcomes Pilot Initiated Spring 2006 7 participating Agencies

  5. Pilot parent inclusion: Parent input is critical - Family members see the child in situations that professionals do not.

  6. Pilot parent inclusion continued: • Need to ask family members about what the child does at home and what family members know about the child. • There is no expectation that parents will be able to determine whether what they are seeing is age appropriate.

  7. Pilots parent inclusion continued: • Alaska offers parents the choice to participate in outcome rating. • Professionals explain why the rating is being done and what it means.

  8. Outcomes in Action Survey of 10 pilot providers completed August 2007 80% return rate (8 of 10)

  9. How Do You Gather Information to inform the Rating - Comments • Observation, parent report, assessment • Evaluation, parent interview, observation • Review assessment, medical records, therapist reports, parent report • Assessment tools, parent observation, therapist reports • Meeting with child and family, evaluations and observations • Intake information, evaluation, discussion with family while completing the outcome rating

  10. What Are the Challenges • Difficult to complete, esp. with more involved children • Completing in a timely manner • Involving family with the outcomes rating form • First rating is overwhelming for family and difficult to explain • Difficult to teach staff to present in a family friendly way without depending on the form • Does not seem appropriate at intake, too much to do at time of enrollment • Difficult to complete when family is not ready at time of enrollment or for children who receive less frequent services

  11. Challenges note: • Many families in the Northern and Western regions of Alaska continue to speak native languages (Inupiaq and Yupik) • Oral Traditions, yet less verbal than English speakers • 92 primary languages spoken in the Anchorage School District

  12. What is Working Well • Nice teaching tool for parents • Can show great growth at discharge • Improves family outlook on child’s development and future • Nice summary of child’s functional skills, compliments annual assessments • Demonstrates accountability • Substantiates need for increased funding • Increases parent understanding of child development

  13. Alaska Early Intervention/Infant Learning Program Full Outcomes Implementation 18 regional Early Intervention Programs initiated Outcomes ratings January 2007

  14. Alaska Child Outcomes Data available FFY06 APR

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