Early Years The Collaborative Approach

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Early YearsThe Collaborative Approach
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Why does Early Years matter?

• The Evidence

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The Evidence Base Brains Are Built from the
Bottom Up Skills Beget Skills
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The Evidence Base Toxic Stress Damages
Developing Brain ArchitectureTypical neuron
many connections Neuron damaged by
toxic stress fewer connections
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Some key facts

• By 2 years of age, brain is 80 of adult size
• gt50 of the incidence of depression and suicide
  attempts could be attributed to adverse childhood
  experiences
• Boys assessed as at risk at age 3 had 2.5 times
  as many criminal convictions at age 21 than those
  not at risk

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Early years change activity

• Early Years Framework (2008)- Winning Hearts and
  Minds but very broad in scope
• Early Years emphasis in 2011 Manifesto
  commitments
• Development of Early Years Taskforce Change
  Fund
• Now need to focus on priorities (like SOA
  discussion)
• Get joint clarity about what needs to be done to
  achieve those priorities (Taskforce vision and
  priorities)
• Use CPPs, the statement of ambition and the
  review of SOAs to achieve maximum impact
• Apply Improvement methodology to effect change
  and improvement via CPPs

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Scottish Government Champions the importance of
the early Years and gives out consistent messages
about what is needed to make this happen.

• Ministers
• Officials
• Childrens Bill

• EYTF Subgroups
• Leadership walkarounds
• SOAs and CPPs prioritise EY

Others champion and lead the Early Years agenda
at a national and local level

• Play Talk Read Campaign
• Early Years Alliances
• Parenting Strategy

Parents, Families and Communities understand the
importance of the early years and behave in a way
that supports improvement
Scotland is the best place in the world to grow
up and the best place in the world to bring up
children
The Early Years Collaborative meets stated aims

• Collaborative in place
• Workstreams meet their aims
• EYTF support the work
• Public strand works

Workforce have the capacity and capability to
deliver improvement

• EYTF Workforce group
• Practice Development Team
• Improvement Support
• Learning sessions and CPD provided

Clear measurement and real-time data is available
and acted upon

• Improvement Advisor
• Early Years Indicators
• Health ISD will provide data

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What is the process of the Early Years
Collaborative?
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We are here
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What is the Model for Improvement?
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Appropriate Scope for a PDSA Cycle
Staff Readiness to Make Change
Current Situation Current Situation Resistant Indifferent Ready
Low Confidence that change idea will lead to Improvement Cost of failure large Very Small Scale Test Very Small Scale Test Very Small Scale Test
Low Confidence that change idea will lead to Improvement Cost of failure small Very Small Scale Test Very Small Scale Test Small Scale Test
High Confidence that change idea will lead to Improvement Cost of failure large Very Small Scale Test Small Scale Test Large Scale Test
High Confidence that change idea will lead to Improvement Cost of failure small Small Scale Test Large Scale Test Implement
Improvement Guide, 2009
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Does this ImprovementModel Work?

• The Evidence

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What are the aims of theEarly Years
Collaborative?
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EY Collaborative progress next steps

• Launched on 1 October Ministers, CMO, COSLA,
  Senior Civil Servants
• Expert groups September and November to scope
  out each workstreams.
• Engagement with CPPs to encourage participation
  with the programme and learning sessions in
  November/December
• CPPs identify leaders and virtual teams to lead
  each workstream at a local level
• Final draft Aims to Early Years Taskforce for
  sign off in December
• 1st learning event 24/25 January with further
  events in May and October 2013.