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Family Outcomes Webinar

• Taking a Closer Look at Family Outcomes Results

Presenter Pam Miller, MSDE/DSE/EIS/ECIE Moderat
or Amy Sargent, JHU/CTE
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Definition of Family OutcomesPart C Indicator 4

• Percent of families participating in Part C who
  report that early intervention services have
  helped the family
• a) know their rights,
• b) effectively communicate their childrens
  needs, and
• c) help their children develop and learn.

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Early Intervention Family Outcomes 2010-2011
Results

• Response Rate 39.7
• Percent of families reporting that early
  intervention services helped them.
• Know their rights 93 (State Target 78)
• Effectively communicate 93 (State Target
  76) their children's
  needs
• Help their children 94 (State Target
  86)
• develop and learn

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Family Survey Response Rates By Year
SFY 2007-2011
SFY 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Percentage/number of early intervention family survey responses 231,476/ 6,395 22.21,570/ 7,078 29.62,017/ 6,813 41.73,384/ 8,109 39.7 3,589/ 9,036

• Review Local Response Rate Data

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Family Survey Results By YearSFY 2007-2011
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A Different Way to Look at
the Data
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Extended IFSP Option ResultsSFY 2010 and 2011
Question 1

• Over the past year, Early Intervention services
  have helped me and/or my family understand my
  options in order to make the best choice for my
  child and family to continue services through an
  extended Individualized Family Service Plan or
  move to services through an Individualized
  Education Program
• SFY 2010 Results 97 (188/194)
• SFY 2011 Results 91 (834/917)

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Extended IFSP Option ResultsSFY 2010 and 2011
Question 2

• Over the past year, Early Intervention services
  have helped me and/or my family support my child
  to be ready for school by assisting me to teach
  my child pre-reading activities (such as naming
  pictures) and pre-math activities (such as
  sorting household items).
• SFY 2010 Results 96 (182/190)
• SFY 2011 Results 91 (791/872)

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A Closer Look at Representativeness

• Race/Ethnicity
• Spanish/English
• Gender
• Age at Referral
• Eligibility Category
• Jurisdiction

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Representativeness by Race
SFY 2011 Survey Responses vs. Active/Eligible
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Representativeness by Language
SFY 2011 Survey Responses vs. Active/Eligible
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Representativeness by Gender SFY
2011 Survey Responses vs. Active/Eligible
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Representativeness by Age at Time of Referral
SFY 2011 Survey Responses vs.
Active/Eligible
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Representativeness by Eligibility Category
SFY 2011 Survey Responses vs. Active/Eligible
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Representativeness by JurisdictionSFY 2011
Survey Responses vs. Active/Eligible
Local Infants Toddlers Program Percentage of Children Active/Eligible Percentage of Survey Responses Number of Children Active/Eligible Number of Survey Responses
Baltimore City 10 5 875 183
Baltimore County 15 19 1,353 692
Montgomery County 22 17 1,970 624
Prince Georges County 12 15 1,072 532
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Analyzing Demographic Information and Statewide
Family Outcome Results
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Family Outcomes By Race/Ethnicity
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Family Outcomes By Gender
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Family Outcomes By English/Spanish Survey
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Family Outcome s By Eligibility Category
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Family Outcomes By Age At the Time of
Referral
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Family Outcomes By Age at Time of Survey
Completion
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Family Outcomes By Length of Time in the Program
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Family Outcomes By Relationship to Child
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Now Its Your Turn A Closer Look at Local Family
Outcomes Data
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Now For a New Way to Look at the Data
Mean Score Overall and By Survey Question
Statewide/Local Jurisdiction
Local Infants Toddlers Program Mean Score Q20 Q18 Q19 Q12 Q17 Q16 Q11 Q15 Q13 Q6 Q14 Q5 Q10 Q21 Q22 Q9 Q7 Q8 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q1
Statewide Total 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6
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Questions to Consider With Your Local Team?

• Is our family outcomes data representative of the
  families we serve?
• How does our local data compare to the Statewide
  data?
• Response Rate
• Indicator 4a, 4b, and 4c
• Local Family Outcome Data Profile
• Mean Overall Score/Mean Score on Each Question
• What conclusions can we draw from the data?
• What additional questions do we need to ask?
  (i.e., What family-centered practices in our
  jurisdiction relate to each survey question?)
• What action steps can we take?

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Family Outcomes and Monitoring

• For OSEP Performance Indicators 4a, 4b, 4c an
  improvement plan is required if the local lead
  agency/local school system does not achieve the
  State target.
• Related Requirement Response Rate An
  improvement plan may be assigned based on
  response rate data significantly below the State
  average.

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Using Local Data for Program
Improvement

• Review, share and analyze your family outcomes
  data.
• Continue local strategies that are working for
  program improvement around family outcomes.
• Focus on the three family outcome indicators
  specifically, but consider all the family outcome
  indicators in your local program improvement
  efforts.
• Incorporate family-centered best practices in
  every aspect of early intervention service
  delivery to enhance your local program
  improvement efforts.

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Questions

• For specific questions regarding your
  jurisdictions Early Intervention Family Outcome
  survey data, please contact
• Pam Miller
• Quality Assurance Specialist,
• Maryland State Department of Education
• Division of Special Education/Early Intervention
  Services
• Early Childhood Intervention and Education Branch
• 410-767-1019 (Phone)  
• pmiller_at_msde.state.md.us (Email)