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Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals

Learn to link assessment info to IFSP outcomes and IEP goals, integrating child outcomes measurement. Understand the process and benefits of developing high-quality, functional goals. Explore videos and resources for a comprehensive understanding.

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Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals

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  1. Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals presented in collaboration with

  2. Developers Anne Lucas ECTA Center / WRRC KathiGillaspy ECTA Center Mary Peters ECTA Center With contributions from Naomi Younggren, Department of Defense/Army Early Intervention; Debbie Cate, ECTA Center; Megan Vinh, WRRC; Joicey Hurth, ECTA Center/NERRC; Christina Kasprzak, ECTA Center; and Grace Kelley, SERRC

  3. Goal Understand the connections among: • Linking assessment with IFSP outcomes or IEP goals • Integrating IFSP or IEP development with global child outcomes measurement

  4. Linking Assessment Information to IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals Integrating the Global Child Outcomes Measurement into the IFSP/IEP Process SECTION 3___________________________________________________________Integrating Functional Assessment and Outcome Measurement with IFSP Outcomes / IEP Goals

  5. Linking Information Gathering to IFSP Outcomes / IEP Goals Understand: • how to gather information and conduct the functional assessment • what’s working and challenging in everyday activities • how to use this information to develop IFSP outcomes/IEP goals Believe: • that child learn best through participation in everyday activities

  6. Key Steps: IFSP/IEP Process Must Meet All Timelines

  7. Using Informationwithin the IFSP/IEP Process

  8. Integrating Outcomes Measurementinto IFSP/IEP Process • Not just about creating a more seamless process…not just details and how • Critical to the big picture of what we are all trying to accomplish for children and families • Integrating Child and Family Outcomes into the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) Process • http://projects.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/assets/pdfs/IFSP-OutcomesFlowChart.pdf • Integrated Outcomes – Individual Education Planning (IEP) Process • http://projects.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/assets/pdfs/original_IEP-Outcomes_Flow_Chart.pdf

  9. Additional Benefitsof an Integrated Process More understandable, measureable individualized IFSP Outcomes / IEP Goals Families can tell when their children are achieving desired outcomes Reinforces the assessment and planning cycle Improves practice Supports progress in the overarching areas that are central to EI and ECSE

  10. Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals Group Reflectionon Using Functional Assessmentand Integratingthe Child Outcomes Measurement Processinto the IFSP/IEP Process

  11. Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals Video“Nolan” Edelman, L. (Producer) (2001). Nolan's Story in Just Being Kids: Supports and Services for Infants and Toddlers and Their Families in Everyday Routines, Activities, and Places (video). Denver: Western Media Products: www.media-products.com. Used with permission from JFK Partners, University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/resultsmatter/RMVideoSeries_JustBeingKids.htm

  12. Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals Video“Tim” Courtesy Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL). Streaming from http://ectacenter.org/knowledgepath/ifspoutcomes-iepgoals/tim.asp or downloadable from: http://ectacenter.org/~videos/knowledgepath/ifspoutcomes-iepgoals/ifspoutcomes-iepgoals-tim.mpg

  13. Questions?

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  15. Contact Information Firstname Lastname Title Organization email@address.org 555-555-5555 Firstname Lastname Title Organization email@address.org 555-555-5555 This product was developed collaboratively with staff from ECTA Center and WRRC in response to the need expressed from state and local providers to have specific information and resources about developing IFSP outcomes and IEP goals. The full training package, including a full reference list, is freely available online: http://www.ectacenter.org/knowledgepath/ifspoutcomes-iepgoals/ifspoutcomes-iepgoals.asp

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