presented in collaboration with

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Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP
Outcomes and IEP Goals

• presented in collaboration with

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Developers
Anne Lucas ECTA Center / WRRC Kathi
Gillaspy ECTA Center Mary Peters ECTA Center

• With contributions from Naomi Younggren,
  Department of Defense/Army Early Intervention
• Debbie Cate, ECTA Center Megan Vinh, WRRC
  Joicey Hurth, ECTA Center/NERRC
• Christina Kasprzak, ECTA Center and Grace
  Kelley, SERRC

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Goal

• Understand the connections among
• Linking assessment with IFSP outcomes or IEP
  goals
• Integrating IFSP or IEP development with global
  child outcomes measurement

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SECTION 3________________________________________
___________________Integrating Functional
Assessment and Outcome Measurement with IFSP
Outcomes / IEP Goals

• Linking Assessment Information to IFSP Outcomes
  and IEP Goals
• Integrating the Global Child Outcomes Measurement
  into the IFSP/IEP Process

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Linking Information Gathering to IFSP Outcomes /
IEP Goals

• Understand
• how to gather information and conduct the
  functional assessment
• whats working and challenging in everyday
  activities
• how to use this information to develop IFSP
  outcomes/IEP goals
• Believe
• that child learn best through participation in
  everyday activities

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Key Steps IFSP/IEP Process

• Must Meet All Timelines

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Using Informationwithin the IFSP/IEP Process
Info from IFSP/IEP process Determine Eligibility Develop Outcomes/Goals Select Routines, Activities Settings Develop Strategies/Objectives Determine People and Resources (Services) Determine Frequency and Intensity Determine Criteria to Measure Progress
Family hopes v v
Family concerns priorities v v v
Family resources v v v v
Child needs v v v v v
Child strengths v v v
Child interests v v v v
Behaviors in Settings v v v v v
Desired activities v v v v v v
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Integrating Outcomes Measurementinto IFSP/IEP
Process

• Not just about creating a more seamless
  processnot just details and how
• Critical to the big picture of what we are all
  trying to accomplish for children and families

• Integrating Child and Family Outcomes into the
  Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) Process
• http//projects.fpg.unc.edu/eco/assets/pdfs/IFSP-
  OutcomesFlowChart.pdf
• Integrated Outcomes Individual Education
  Planning (IEP) Process
• http//projects.fpg.unc.edu/eco/assets/pdfs/origi
  nal_IEP-Outcomes_Flow_Chart.pdf

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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

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Group Reflectionon Using Functional
Assessmentand Integratingthe Child Outcomes
Measurement Processinto the IFSP/IEP Process
Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP
Outcomes and IEP Goals
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VideoNolan
Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP
Outcomes and IEP Goals
Edelman, L. (Producer) (2001). Nolan's Story in
Just Being Kids Supports and Services for
Infants and Toddlers and Their Families in
Everyday Routines, Activities, and Places
(video). Denver Western Media Products
www.media-products.com. Used with permission from
JFK Partners, University of Colorado School of
Medicine and the Colorado Department of
Education. Retrieved from http//www.cde.state.co.
us/resultsmatter/RMVideoSeries_JustBeingKids.htm
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Developing High-Quality, Functional IFSP
Outcomes and IEP Goals
Courtesy Center on the Social and Emotional
Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL).
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the need expressed from state and local providers
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developing IFSP outcomes and IEP goals. The full
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