Linking Early Intervention Quality Practices With Child and Family Outcomes Sherry Franklin, North Carolina Part C Coordinator Deborah Carroll, PhD, Branch Head September 20, 2011

NC Part C Context State Lead Agency 18 Local Lead Agencies 14 State Employees 4 Contract Agencies Community Early Intervention Service Providers 1

Results Component Continuous Improvement Visit- November 14-18, 2011 Verification Results Component May – June: Results Focus Selection Family Outcomes Birth to 1 Child Find 2

Orienting programs/providers to key practices that support child and family outcomes State Interagency Coordinating Council formed a task group to assist in Results Component Selection Reviewed Family Outcomes Survey and Process So What? Reviewed “Relationship of Quality Practices to Child and Family Outcome Measurement Results”

Reviewed Family Outcomes Survey and Process So What? Orienting programs/providers to key practices that support child and family outcomes Families and Stakeholders were able to : Share their experiences with expected practices Define common strengths and challenges Come to consensus on the importance of the skills/training of Early Intervention Service Coordinators Reviewed Family Outcomes Survey and Process So What? Reviewed Linking Quality Practices Tool

Conducting self-assessment of state or local performance on practices FOCUS MONITORING- PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS USE OF THE TOOL TO TRAIN MONITORS ON THE PRACTICES THAT HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON “ KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” EMBED QUESTIONS RELATED TO PRACTICES IN INTERVIEW TOOLS

Conducting self-assessment of state or local performance on practices SURVEY OF EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICE COORDINATORS DEVELOPING A SELF ASSESSMENT SURVEY OF PRACTICES RELATED TO “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” SCALE OF 1-5 FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS WITH LOCAL PROGRAMS 3

NEXT STEPS SUMMARIZE INFORMATION FROM STAKEHOLDER GROUP, MONITORING VISITS AND SELF ASSESSMENT SURVEYS FOR OSEP VISIT- RESULTS COMPONENT USE INFORMATION FOR IMPROVEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES 4

Questions? 5