Connecting With Families: Sharing Developmental Information Through Screening

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Connecting With Families Sharing Developmental
Information Through Screening

• Lynn Wolfe
• Pam Booker

Child Development Resources Infant Parent
Program www.cdr.org
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Lets Talk

• Whats your role?
• Why did you choose this session?
• What are you hoping to gain from this session?

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Why Do We Screen?

• Performance Standards
• 1304.20(b)(1)
• 1308.6 (b)(1)(2)(3)
• To get a snapshot
• Assist with developing curriculum
• Other ideas?

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Whats Screening?

• The process of measuring infants and childrens
  skills to answer the question Does this child
  need to be referred for further testing?
• Screening helps to identify those who may need
  further assessment to determine whether they
  exhibit a condition, such as developmental delay,
  or are at-risk of being developmentally delayed
  in the future.

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Differences Between Screening and
Evaluation/Assessment

• Screening
• is usually conducted as a collaborative effort
  between family and provider
• is a quick snippet of the childs abilities
• is often conducted to see if a child needs a
  further evaluation/assessment
• a baseline for where to begin learning

• Evaluation/Assessment
• is usually conducted by a multidisciplinary team
• a thorough analysis of the childs abilities
• often conducted to determine if the child is
  eligible for early intervention services
• is often on-going and used for planning

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Essential Partnerships

• Families
• Co-Workers
• Managers
• Peditrican
• Part C / Early Intervention
• Others

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Connecting With Families
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Small Group Activity

• So your data tells you that a child should be
  referred for further evaluation. How do you
  share this information with families?

10 min
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Small Group Activity

• Parents How did you feel when your partner was
  sharing information with you?
• Providers How did you feel sharing information
  with families.did you use your typical words
  today?

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Sample 1

• Terry there is no pass/fail. We would expect a
  12mth old to be about this range. Because Tom is
  behind, that is concerning. I would like to
  refer to a different agency that can do further
  testing to help us.

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Sample 2

• Ginger, we have completed the screening on
  Kelvin, and he is showing delays in his
  development. The next step is that we need to
  refer him to special education services.

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Sample 3

• Dawn Dale, do you have any concerns regarding
  Daisys development? Daisy is doing well in
  these areas.but here are some things we can
  continue to work on. I do have some concerns and
  would like to refer to another program that can
  evaluate Daisy to rule out concerns.

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Screening Results Should Not Involve Power
Struggles
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Considerations For Sharing Screening Results With
Families

• Explain terminology
• Encourage parent questions
• Allow parents time to consider information (might
  need to revisit)
• Allow parents to express feelings
• Ensure privacy
• Provide full and honest information
• Repeat the information, as necessary

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Key Phrases

• May qualify for services
• With your permission we would like to refer to
  see if there are supports that could assist us in
  meeting your childs educational needs
• An evaluation will give us more information of
  your childs abilities
• Families are the final decision makers
• Screening is a Snapshot

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Large Group
QUESTIONS?
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Child Development Resources (CDR)

• Contact
• Sheri Osborne,
• CDR Director of Training
• sherio_at_cdr.org or
• 757-566-3300 ext. 130.

• CDR offers skilled
• consultants to provide
• state of the art
• trainingand technical
• (T/TA) services to child
• development professionals
• to help them address
• today's most pressing
• issues in providing quality
• services to young children
• and their families.

• A non-profit organization
• that provides services to
• young children and their
• families in the greater
• Williamsburg area and
• training nationwide to the
• early childhood and health
• professionals who serve
• them. Founded in 1966,
• CDR has won national
• recognition for the quality
• of its early childhood
• programs and for its
• professional training.

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THANK YOU
Lynn Pam