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IDENTIFICATION & REFERRAL

IFSP. PROCESS. CHILD AND FAMILY INFORMATION. IDENTIFICATION & REFERRAL. CHILD HEALTH INFORMATION. CHILD/FAMILY ROUTINES & ACTIVITIES. INTAKE. FAMILY CONCERNS, RESOURCES, PRIORITIES. FAMILY ASSESSMENT. CHILD’S PRESENT LEVELS. CHILD EVALUATION. ELIGIBILITY.

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IDENTIFICATION & REFERRAL

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  1. IFSP PROCESS CHILD AND FAMILY INFORMATION IDENTIFICATION & REFERRAL CHILD HEALTH INFORMATION CHILD/FAMILY ROUTINES & ACTIVITIES INTAKE FAMILY CONCERNS, RESOURCES, PRIORITIES FAMILY ASSESSMENT CHILD’S PRESENT LEVELS CHILD EVALUATION ELIGIBILITY SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE (COS) FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES STRATEGIES

  2. 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

  3. What is Functional Assessment? Assessment of the young child’s skills in the real life contexts of family, culture and community rather than discrete isolated tasks irrelevant to daily life “the science of the strange behavior of children, with strange adults, in strange settings for the briefest possible period of time.” Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

  4. Functional Assessment is… • Contextually relevant information about the child’s strengths and needs • Individually focused • Culturally sensitive Functional Assessment isnot… • Domain based and discipline specific • Deficit driven • Intimidating Bagnato, S.J., Neisworth, J.T., & Pretti-Frontczak, K. Linking Authentic Assessment and Early Childhood Intervention -Best Measures for Best Practices, Second Edition. Brookes Publishing, Baltimore, MD. 2010.

  5. Functional Assessment

  6. Who performs Functional Assessment? • Families and familiar, knowledgeable caregiversinthe child’s life • Providers • Teachers • Others, less familiar, can also contribute

  7. How is Functional Assessment performed? • Knowing the purpose for the assessment is important • Observation is essential: • Keep a focus on being objective vs. subjective • Record keeping is key: • Qualitative • Quantitative • Hearing from others who know the child is critical – involve families!

  8. Involving Families • Listen to the family story • Observe and ask about the child’s day-to-day routines and activities related to • engagement • independence • social relationships • Ask parents to show or describe • Observe how the parent engages the child • Observe the child in play scenarios

  9. Making the Connection:Using Functional Assessment Functional assessment is the means by which we accomplish an integrated process, including developing individual outcomes/goals as well as determining the rating for each of the three global child outcomes.

  10. The Right People, the Right Situation,the Right Time • Why not complete the Child Outcome Summary (COS) rating while talking about the child’s functioning and development? • Providers who are integrating the outcomes work, suggest that the completing the COS rating at the IFSP or IEP meeting to summarize the assessment results is a natural and enriching conversation • Outcomes and goals become more functional – routine and activity based For more information about integrating outcomes into the IFSP/IEP process, please visit the ECO website at www.the-eco-center.org.

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