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BCW Standards: Evaluation and Assessment

BCW Standards: Evaluation and Assessment. Presentation to: Babies Can’t Wait (BCW) Providers Presented by: BCW Technical Assistance Unit. Date: April 2012. Babies Can’t Wait Technical Assistance. Georgia’s Babies Can’t Wait. Babies Can’t Wait Technical Assistance. Bookmark Icon.

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BCW Standards: Evaluation and Assessment

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  1. BCW Standards: Evaluation and Assessment Presentation to: Babies Can’t Wait (BCW) Providers Presented by: BCW Technical Assistance Unit Date: April 2012

  2. Babies Can’t Wait Technical Assistance Georgia’s Babies Can’t Wait

  3. Babies Can’t Wait Technical Assistance Bookmark Icon Bookmarks

  4. Babies Can’t Wait Technical Assistance Standard Time

  5. Overview of Evaluation Essential Requirements • Timely • Comprehensive • Multidisciplinary • Developmental • Nondiscriminatory Procedures

  6. Overview of Assessment Essential Requirements • Timely • Comprehensive • Multidisciplinary • Developmental • Nondiscriminatory Procedures • Family Assessment (with family consent)

  7. Evaluation and Assessment Procedures Multiple Sources • Quantitative Information • Qualitative Information Informed Clinical Opinion

  8. Family Assessment Definition of “family” Purpose Voluntary Requirements

  9. Eligibility Criteria • Age range • Residence • Eligibility categories

  10. Category 1 Eligibility and Assessment Babies Can’t WaitCategory 1 Conditions List Click Here • Medical Report • ICD-9 Code • Evaluation • 5 Domain • Family Assessment • Other Information • Assessment • Other required Components • Evaluation and Assessment

  11. Category 2 Eligibility and Assessment • 1 Standardized Norm-Referenced Tool • Other tools • Informed Clinical Opinion • Evaluation • Additional Tools • Family Assessment • Other Information • Assessment • Other required Components • Evaluation and Assessment

  12. Review of Prior Data Written, informed consent Standardized or curriculum based data Less than 6 months old

  13. Nondiscriminatory Procedures Native Language / Mode of Communication Culturally Sensitive and Effective Accommodate Physical and Sensory Needs Administered by Qualified Personnel Interpretation services

  14. Standard Time The terms “evaluation” and “assessment” are two different terms that refer to the same activities and serve the same purpose. q True q False

  15. Standard Time The membership of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) responsible for completing the developmental evaluation and assessment A. must include a developmental therapist B. should include an expert in every service provided by Babies Can’t Wait C. must include involvement of either two or more individuals from separate disciplines or professions OR one individual who is qualified in more than one discipline or profession

  16. Standard Time Sarah was evaluated by the MDT team to determine eligibility under Category 2: Infants and Toddlers with a Significant Developmental Delay. According to her performance on the Battelle Developmental Inventory, her lowest score was 1.5 standard deviations below the mean in the motor area. Sarah is not eligible for Babies Can’t Wait Services • rTRUE • rFALSE • rDO NOT KNOW

  17. Standard Time For the purpose of eligibility determination under Category 2 for an infant or toddler, which of the following tool(s) must be completed? A. At least ONE standardized, norm-referenced instrument appropriate for the child’s age B. At least TWO curriculum-based measures appropriate for the child’s age. C. At least ONE standardized and ONE curriculum-based measure appropriate for the child’s age.

  18. Standard Time One important component of assessment of infants and toddlers with disabilities involves determination of specific aspects of the child’s developmental delays that are of high priority, relevance and importance. This determination is made by A. The Early Intervention Coordinator B.The Service Coordinator C. The child’s family

  19. Standard Time In order to track each child’s ongoing progress and to obtain federally required information about child outcomes, which of the following is required? A.Comprehensive re-evaluation every 6 months B. On-going use of one of the following tools for every child: The Carolina Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs, Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP), Assessment, Evaluation and Programming System (AEPS), The Trans-Disciplinary Play-based Assessment, Battelle Developmental Inventory, OR Developmental Assessment of Young Children C. On-going use of at least one norm-referenced measure (e.g., Battelle Developmental Inventory) AND at least one curriculum-based measure (e.g., Assessment, Evaluation and Programming System- AEPS) for every child.

  20. Babies Can’t Wait Technical Assistance Click to View Babies Can’t Wait Standards: Evaluation and Assessment

  21. References & Resources Babies Can’t Wait Program StandardsEvaluation and Assessment pdf IDEA Part C Federal Regulationshttp://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/09/28/2011-22783/early-intervention-program-for-infants-and-toddlers-with-disabilities PowerPoint HandoutBCW Standards: Evaluation and Assessment PowerPoint pdf Public Law 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement 2004 http://idea.ed.gov/download/statute.html IDEA websitehttp://idea.ed.gov/

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