Early Years The Collaborative Approach

Why does Early Years matter? The Evidence

The Evidence Base Brains Are Built from the Bottom Up: Skills Beget Skills

The Evidence Base Toxic Stress Damages Developing Brain Architecture Typical neuron: many connections Neuron damaged by toxic stress: fewer connections

Some key facts: By 2 years of age, brain is 80% of adult size >50% 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”

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

Scotland is the best place in the world to grow up and the best place in the world to bring up children Scottish Government Champions the importance of the early Years and gives out consistent messages about what is needed to make this happen. Others champion and lead the Early Years agenda at a national and local level Parents, Families and Communities understand the importance of the early years and behave in a way that supports improvement The Early Years Collaborative meets stated aims Workforce have the capacity and capability to deliver improvement Clear measurement and real-time data is available and acted upon Ministers Officials Children’s Bill EYTF & Subgroups Leadership walkarounds SOAs and CPPs prioritise EY Play Talk Read Campaign Early Years Alliances Parenting Strategy Collaborative in place Workstreams meet their aims EYTF support the work Public strand works EYTF Workforce group Practice Development Team Improvement Support Learning sessions and CPD provided Improvement Advisor Early Years Indicators Health ISD will provide data

What is the process of the Early Years Collaborative?

We are here

What is the Model for Improvement?

What are we trying to accomplish? How will we know that a change is an improvement? What change can we make that will result in improvement? Model for Improvement ActPlan StudyDo Langley, et al.

Appropriate Scope for a PDSA Cycle Current Situation ResistantIndifferentReady Low Confidence that change idea will lead to Improvement Cost of failure large Very Small Scale Test Cost of failure small 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 Cost of failure small Small Scale Test Large Scale Test Implement Staff Readiness to Make Change Improvement Guide, 2009

Does this Improvement Model Work? The Evidence

What are the aims of the Early Years Collaborative?

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 1 st learning event 24/25 January with further events in May and October 2013.