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Early Childhood 2010:  Innovation for the Next Generation August 2, 2010

The Journey from Families as Consumers to Family Leadership: Cultivating Human Capital to Bring About Systems Change. Early Childhood 2010:  Innovation for the Next Generation August 2, 2010. cartoon image: "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.". About Us….

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Early Childhood 2010:  Innovation for the Next Generation August 2, 2010

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  1. The Journey from Families as Consumers to Family Leadership: Cultivating Human Capital to Bring About Systems Change Early Childhood 2010:  Innovation for the Next Generation August 2, 2010

  2. cartoon image: "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can."

  3. About Us… The Riley Child Development Center LEND program Founded in 1970 Funded by Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Additional funding from grants, research and service reimbursement The Sunny Start Initiative Indiana’s ECCS grant Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Funded in July 2003

  4. How to expand the cohort of family leaders in Indiana? What are the priority groups? What competencies do family leaders need to have? “Indianaize” Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Family Competencies Family Leadership Questions

  5. Overall initiative Focus FIRST on families who have children with disabilities Expand outward to include a broader group of families – First Steps, Head Start, etc

  6. ARC Parent to Parent Governors' Council Parent Training Initiative Family to Family Health Information Center United Cerebral Palsy Down Syndrome Association Autism Society Alexandra Graham Bell Hands and Voices Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Local Parent to Parent organizations Indiana Family Leadership Initiatives Partners

  7. Bringing partners together Why are we committed? What do we each bring? What are the issues? Where do we want this to go? outcomes FLI Process

  8. Families are informed and engaged in diverse roles that meet their individual interests. Indiana family organizations and the systems, projects and agencies that serve families will coordinate efforts to leverage resources andfacilitate improved family support and information. Indiana families will have meaningful participation and opportunities for leadership on National, State and Local committees, boards and projects related to the development, implementation and evaluation of systems of care. Family Leadership Initiative Outcomes

  9. Indiana Family Leadership Competencies Academic Model Prescriptive technical language Three tiers of leadership Family Community State/National Retained as working structure/background May have utility for evaluation CYSHC/Disability specific Family/Public Translation Non technical end-user focused language Three tiers of leadership Family Community State/National Language used when accessing Initiative Usable by various family cohorts beyond disabilities

  10. Before….and After Academic Model Translation Demonstrate an understanding and ability to implement principles of family-provider partnerships so as to assure the health and well being of children and their families. • Develop partnership relationships.

  11. Competency 1: Family Provider Partnerships Develop Partnership relationships Use Effective Communication Strategies Competency 2: Cultural Proficiency Display cultural proficiency when building provider relationships and working across systems Competencies and Key Skills

  12. Competency 3: Delivery and Support Systems Find and use needed resources Improve coordination and integration of service delivery systems Competency 4: Advocacy Advocate for emerging best practices Influence systems to strengthen them Competencies and Key Skills (continued)

  13. Step 1: Gather partner identified resources to evaluate Step 2: Compare resources to key leadership behaviors in competency model (satisfies knowledge and Step 3: Rate the resource Fully meets the behavior (satisfies knowledge and skill building) Partially meets the behavior: Knowledge/skill building Minimally meets the behavior Step 4: Formulate findings and recommendations Resource Analysis Process

  14. Online Portal flow chart

  15. Facilitate a process where families can access a variety of opportunities: Fill gaps in trainings/learning opportunities Build individualized portfolios Identify training opportunities Fill gaps in learning opportunities Translate to additional populations of families Next Steps

  16. Increase # of families involved in at all levels Increase # of families employed in leadership roles Fund Market and package Next Steps –continued

  17. cartoon image: fairy tale I can believe

  18. Rylin Rodgers RCDC Family Discipline Coordinator 317-944-8167 ryrodger@iupui.edu www.child-dev.com Andrea L. Wilkes Public Health Administrator Maternal and Children Health  Indiana State Department of Health 317-233-1246 Awilkes@isdh.IN.gov www.sunnystart.in.gov Contact Us

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