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Michigan Orientation & Mobility Severity Rating Scales: Tools Supported by Data

Michigan Orientation & Mobility Severity Rating Scales: Tools Supported by Data. Susan Langendonk Susan Bradley Dawn Anderson Robert Wall Emerson. Michigan Severity Rating Scales History and Development.

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Michigan Orientation & Mobility Severity Rating Scales: Tools Supported by Data

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  1. Michigan Orientation & Mobility Severity Rating Scales: Tools Supported by Data Susan Langendonk Susan Bradley Dawn Anderson Robert Wall Emerson

  2. Michigan Severity Rating ScalesHistory and Development • Adapted from the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania model beginning in 1995 • Published and disseminated by the Michigan Department of Education – Special Education Services

  3. Michigan Severity Rating ScalesHistory and Development • Orientation and Mobility Severity Rating Scale (OMSRS) • Orientation and Mobility Severity Rating Scale for students with Additional Needs (OMSRS+)

  4. History and Development Orientation & Mobility Scales Revised 2008 • MDE-LIO Orientation and Mobility Task Force formed in November 2007 • Revising Michigan Orientation and Mobility Severity Rating Scale-Task Force’s first project

  5. History and Development Orientation & Mobility ScalesRevised 2008 • Web search indicated OMSRS was being used and referenced in documents in several other states • Referred to in O&M university preparation programs • MDE-LIO Task Force did an on-line survey in March 2008

  6. History and Development Orientation & Mobility ScalesRevised 2008 • Field Tested in Michigan • Article in AER Journal Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness Winter 2009 • Updated OMSRS and added OMSRS+ to MDE-LIO and TSBVI websites November 2008

  7. Michigan Severity Rating ScalesHistory and Development Internationally recognized • Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) • Colorado Department of Education Guidelines for Caseload Formula • Massachusetts Assoc. of Educators of VI Students • Calgary, Alberta, Canada • Scholarly references

  8. Michigan Severity Rating Scales • A data collection tool • A guide based on best practices • Guideline for IEP team service discussion What they are:

  9. Michigan Severity Rating Scales • Not an assessment • Not a severity of disabilitybut a severity of student’s need for services • Not a pre-determiner of service • Not the only data source What they are not:

  10. Orientation & Mobility Severity Rating Scales:The survey

  11. OMSRS Survey

  12. Previous Experience with the Scales

  13. When Do They Complete a Scale?

  14. Factors Considered When Updating (n=53):

  15. With Whom They Complete the Scale

  16. Do External Factors Make a Difference?

  17. What Are Those Factors (n=35)?

  18. Is It Used for Caseload Analysis?

  19. How Important is it in Caseload Analysis?

  20. Scenarios • Several students were described for both the O&MSRS and the O&MSRS+. • Visual status, academic setting and other characteristics that are crucial to determining the severity of need for services were outlined. • Respondents were asked to fill out the Scales, then answer questions.

  21. O&MSRS: How Well Are Areas Of Concern Covered?

  22. O&MSRS: How Well do Contributing Factors Address +/- of Service?

  23. O&MSRS: Comparison of Frequency of Service Time on Survey to Own Caseload

  24. O&MSRS: How Well do Service Times Match Instructional Needs?

  25. O&MSRS: If Service Can't Happen

  26. O&MSRS: Overall Usefulness & Validity

  27. OMSRS Suggestions for Change: Severity of Need Profile

  28. OMSRS Suggestions for Change: Contributing Factors

  29. OMSRS Suggestions for Change: Recommendations for Services

  30. OMSRS Suggestions for Change: Positive Impacts on Services

  31. O&MSRS+: How Well Are Areas Of Concern Covered?

  32. O&MSRS+: How Well do Contributing Factors Address +/- of Service?

  33. O&MSRS+: Comparison of Frequency of Service on Survey to Own Caseload

  34. Scenarios: Usefulness of O&MSRS+ for service time

  35. O&MSRS+: If Service Can't Happen

  36. O&MSRS+: Overall Usefulness & Validity

  37. OMSRS+ Suggestions for Change: Severity of Need Profile

  38. OMSRS+ Suggestions for Change: Contributing Factors

  39. OMSRS+ Suggestions for Change: Recommendations for Services

  40. OMSRS+: Positive Impact on Services

  41. Study Findings • Reliability (precision) • Respondents overwhelmingly identified the scales as measuring the significant factors to be considered in O&M • Validity • O&M SRS above 90% accuracy • O&M SRS+ showed 84% accuracy

  42. Components of Caseload Analysis • Service information from the Michigan Severity Rating Scales • Additional hours per week needed for support • Hours per week for travel

  43. ContactInformation • bradleys1@michigan.gov • langendonks@michigan.gov • dawn.l.anderson@wmich.edu • Rob.wall@wmich.edu

  44. Resources • MDE-LIO – Michigan Severity Rating • Scales: • http://tinyurl.com/44yq947 • Caseload Analysis Resources: • http://tinyurl.com/453fy8j • http://tinyurl.com/43ebsrx

  45. Michigan State Board of Education John C. Austin President Casandra E. Ulbrich Vice President Nancy Danhof Secretary Marianne Yared McGuire Treasurer Richard Zeile NASBE Delegate Kathleen N. Straus Daniel Varner Eileen Lappin Weiser Rick Snyder, Governor Michael P. Flanagan Superintendent of Public Instruction

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