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Data System Features that Enhance General Supervision

Data System Features that Enhance General Supervision. OSEP Early Childhood Meeting Jamie Thomas Kilpatrick, Director Early Childhood Programs Division of Special Education December 3, 2007. General Supervision. Service System Issues Administration Financing. Service System Issues.

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Data System Features that Enhance General Supervision

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  1. Data System Features that Enhance General Supervision OSEP Early Childhood Meeting Jamie Thomas Kilpatrick, Director Early Childhood Programs Division of Special Education December 3, 2007

  2. General Supervision • Service System Issues • Administration • Financing

  3. Service System Issues Families Relevant Data Best Practices

  4. Administration Families Relevant Data State Administrators Leadership Team

  5. System Financing • Cost/Revenue/Time • Estimated Prevalence • Service Utilization Leading to: Fund Expansion Activities

  6. Principles of General Supervision • Focus on Families • Statewide consistency so long as varying community conditions can be addressed • Sound business practices • Evaluation to guide decision making and continuing system development

  7. Data System Components • Products/Outcomes • Uniform Centralized Intake Instrument • Develop linkages for partner agencies • Project Edison involvement • Track Child Find Activities • Track credentials of caregivers

  8. Data System Components • Provide distinctions between group child care services & agency based interventions. • Track criteria for numbers of typical children & delayed children in group or classroom settings • Enforce Contract Language- Re: Services vs. Settings

  9. Data System Components • Enforce rate structure for in-home and group settings • Billing for Targeted Case Management • Early Childhood Outcomes (0-5) • Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process

  10. Data System Fiscal Functions • Track and report all resources used for early intervention services • Administer consistent contract terms with all Part C providers • Receive and dispense all relevant State and Federal early intervention resources • Provide timely reimbursement to providers of early intervention services

  11. Date System Fiscal Functions • Meet financial & demographic reporting needs of Federal, State and local funding sources • Manage the level of resources to ensure fiscal accountability and responsibility • Provide on-line access to information using appropriate safeguards to assure confidentiality and the rights of the child and family

  12. Data System Fiscal Functions • Review certification of providers • Provide financial projections on the cost of early intervention • Processing of invoices

  13. KEY INDICATORS • Child Find • Number of children served compared with national rankings under the same conditions • IFSP • Compliance with 45 day timeline • Service Coordination • Service Coordinators serve no more than 40 families

  14. KEY INDICATORS • Early Childhood Outcome Indicators • When children exit from services, their development approximates that of typical peers • Fiscal responsibility • Expenditures do not exceed resources

  15. Questions?

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