NEW ECI Website and Individualization Workshop September 22-23, 2005 Juniper Gardens Children’s Project Presenters: Jay Buzhardt & Charlie Greenwood

Agenda Welcome Introductions Logistics of Meeting Day 1 - What’s new Day 2 - Individualization Brief Review of the ECI Review the Agenda Materials (handouts) Access to the NEW Website ( )

Project Staff Jay Buzhardt, Ph.D. Judith Carta, Ph.D. Charles Greenwood, Ph.D. Barbara Terry, Ph.D. Dale Walker, Ph.D. Original development team: Judith Carta, Charles Greenwood, Dale Walker Jane Atwater, Gayle Luze, Deborah Linebarger, Carol Leitschuh, Ken Parsley, Annessa Staab, Gabe Cline, and Susan Higgins

Sponsors Office of Special Education Programs, USDE SRS, Kansas The Kansas Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies

Improved and Added Web Features New management and data entry tools More control over user accounts and access levels notifications of user account updates Personalized Usernames/Passwords New look for on-demand individual child reports Easier to access New, on-demand program and project level reports Graphs of Key Skill Elements Normative ECI data based on over 1300 children Inactive children separated from Active children

Improved and Added Web Features Better security Tools based on user testing Greater reliability, fewer errors

The IGDI Home Page Automated password update Descriptions of all IGDI measures. What they measure, how they’ve been tested, and how to use and score them Training requirements for certification, training videos, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Reports and presentations of IGDI research, descriptions, and training materials Send us questions using an online form or give us a call Printable forms for conducting and scoring assessments

What You Can Do With the Child Data System Depends on your ‘level’ or ‘role’ Levels: Administrators (JGCP Developers) Project Directors ECI Designated Program Coordinators/Directors  Assessors/Coders  Data Entry These roles can be changed No need to create a new account if you need to change levels

What You Can Do With the Data System Data Entry Personnel (most restricted level) Edit and add children to the system Update your account Edit, add, browse, ECI data (Primary and Reliability) Child reports

What You Can Do With the Data System Assessor Personnel (Need to be certified) Edit, add, browse, ECI data (Primary and Reliability) Edit/add children, activate/deactivate children Update your account Child reports

What You Can Do With the Data System Edit and add children to the system activate/deactivate children Edit program Add, modify, delete users Personalize your password/username Edit, add, browse, ECI data (Primary and Reliability) Child and Program Reports Program Coordinator/Director

Points to Consider When Using the Data System Case-sensitive login If using old username, use capital letters address is important Tips on using ‘Quicklinks’ Select a child before making a selection (except for ‘Add a Child’ and ‘Full Program Report’)

ECI Reports and What They Contain Get the Results NOW! Individual Child Reports Program- and Project-level Reports

The Big Picture Perspective

Getting Result: Individual Child Reports Displays and summarizes all data for this child List of ECI observations by date as the rate of: Gestures Vocalizations Single Words Multiple Words Total Communication List of intervention conditions Average Scores for Each: Average rate per minute for each (Mean Level All Data) Average “Goes-upness” per month (Slope – The Growth Factor)

Report Tool

Child’s Data Summary Child’s Data Table

Individual Child Report (Continued) Total Communication Graphic, containing: Normative or Bench Mark trajectories Child’s observed progress Intervention changes marked at start Slope (average “goes-uppness” per month) and estimated future trajectory (yellow line)

36 Mos Expectation Below Average (-1.5 SD) Trajectory Child’s Observed Trajectory Child’s Forecasted Growth Rate (Yellow) Gray Zone (Max Scores) Normative Trajectory Total Communication Graph

Individual Child Report (Continued) 4 Key Skill Element Graphs Normative trajectory Child’s observed progress Tools Print the report Copy, Past (to another document) Copy, Paste, Print (Just the graphics) Display and print all children’s reports

Normative Trajectory Child’s Observed Trajectory Gestures Graph

Vocalizations Graph

Single Words Graph

Multiple Words Graph

Displaying and Printing Individual Child Results Option 1: Click Communication Tool, Select a Child’s graph to display Total Communication Graph 4 Key Skills Graphs Display All Children in Program Option 2: Click Reports Tool, Select Individual Child Report Data Summary Table + Total Communication Graph + 4 Key Skills Graphs for one child as requested

Communication Tool Screen Communication (ECI) Tools

Quick Links Go-To Tool!! Get there FAST!

Order All Graphs in Program Displayed Show This Child’s Key Skill Elements

Program- and Project-level Reports Click Reports to find: Assessor Information Assessor List and Description Inter-observer Reliability (Agreement) Information

Click Reports, Select Full Report

All Assessor Information

Assessor’s Cumulative Reliability

Program- and Project-level Reports (Continued) Child Information (Active Children) Enrollment (Active and Inactive By Age By Gender By Needs (IFSP) By Primary Home Language By Source of Funding

Child Enrollment Information All Following Data for Active Only

Program- and Project-level Reports (Continued) Child Information For all Active and Inactive Children Enrollment (Active and Inactive) For Active Children ONLY By Age By Gender By Needs (IFSP) By Primary Home Language By Source of Funding

Program– and Project-level Reports (Continued) Data Collected Facts Children with ECI Data House/Barn Usage Languages of Administration Intervention Changes Summary

Child Progress Information

Intervention Changes Occurring

Child Progress Information Communication Distribution for Children in Program/Project Percentage of Children Whose Progress is On Target vs. Slightly Below Average, vs. Below Average  By age group  By Program/Project Key Skills Program Average Trajectory Total Communication Program Average Trajectory

Total Communication Distribution Fluent communicators score 12 per minute and higher (They have all key skills in evidence). Emerging communicators score between per minute (They are acquiring words and multiple words). Novice communicators are children in transition from prelinguistic to spoken language between 0 and 6 per minute. (They are primarily prelinguistic communicators).

Communication Proficiency Table

Total Communication – Program Level

Program Management Questions Assessor Reports – Indicators of program quality How many assessors are registered appropriately? How many assessors are certified? How many ECI’s have assessors administered? How many reliability checks have been completed? How well do coders agree on what they code? Management Tools Is your program information current? Update user information by editing it? Add new staff by enrolling them Inactivate staff who have left