1. Engaging in Work Together: Child TA, Systems TA, Information, and National Initiatives
December 5, 2018
NCDB Staff

2. Purpose of This Webinar
Learn how NCDB can support your project's activities
Current and planned NCDB services and products
Opportunities for state projects to work together

3. What We Will Cover TA delivery Information and product development
State needs assessment, including the Child Count
Details about work in the 5 national initiative areas — Family Engagement; Early Identification and Intervention; Interveners and Qualified Personnel; Transition; and Assessment, Planning, and Instruction
Activities/products for child-specific TA
Activities/products for state systems TA
National activities

4. NCDB Goals CORE GOALS Provide TA on child-specific and systems TA
Promote use of high-quality practices and information
Conduct state-by-state needs assessment
NATIONAL INITIATIVE GOALS
Improve and increase opportunities for family engagement
Improve identification and EI services
Improve quality of personnel
Improve transition systems and services
Expand knowledge of assessment, planning, and instruction practices

5. Goal 1: Technical Assistance Structure
Tiered TA (universal, targeted, intensive)
Commonality across initiatives
Child-specific TA
State project development
Child specific/team consultation
Systems TA - focused on national initiative areas
Low-incidence infrastructure - participation and/or development
Support for project management and new project staff

6. Goal 1: TA Activities Universal Independent use of products
One time consultation
Targeted
Time-limited consultation
Peer learning communities

7. Goal 1: TA Activities (cont.)
Intensive
Ongoing consultation (e.g., planning, problem-solving, document review)
Facilitation - distance and onsite
Support for development and use of partnerships (national and state)
Multi-state planning - challenges, solutions, agenda setting

8. Goal 1: TA Processes and Documents
Universal
Child Specific - Implementing Evidence-Based Practices for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind: A TA Reference Guide
Systems - Changing Systems: Moving Beyond Child Specific TA
Targeted
Child Specific and Systems TA
Acknowledgement based on readiness factors (supportive not evaluative)

9. Goal 1: TA Processes and Documents (cont.)
Intensive
Child Specific
TA agreement based on readiness factors
Child specific TA Plan (Self Assessment Documents for Intensive TA)
Systems
TA Agreement based on readiness factors
Systems TA Plan
Systems TA documents per initiative aligned with the Changing Systems guide

10. Goal 2: Information Services
Partnership with Perkins to:
Respond to reference questions
Collect up-to-date information about deaf-blindness
Merge our catalogs
Perkins Hayes Research Library

11. Goal 2: Website Redesign
New look
Improved navigation and search features
Content areas:
TA, the initiative areas, and the work of NCDB and the state projects
Resources on deaf-blindness - increased level of curation
Information for families
Will still have a private portal for state deaf-blind projects and private groups

12. Goal 2: Products Continue to support all current products
Develop new products using existing product development process:
Needs analysis
Partner and stakeholder involvement
Content development
Design and accessibility
Evaluation
Dissemination

13. Goal 2: Products - Accessibility Toolkit

14. Goal 2: Products - Monthly Updates

15. Goal 2: Information Consortium
Purpose: Improve coordination of information on deaf-blindness for families and service providers throughout the U.S.
Members:
NCDB
HKNC
Perkins
TSBVI
NFADB
CHARGE Syndrome Foundation
Described and Captioned Media Program
APH

16. Goal 3: Needs Assessment
NEW - Annual Child Count Reporting Resources
All the resources you need to conduct the child count in one spot: Instructions, codes and resources
Includes:
Updated letter from OSEP (by PO)
DBCC Change Log
Example eligibility forms
Forum - Parental Consent
New Submission Process - No longer via

17. Goal 3: Tools for Analyzing Child Count Data
Annual Online Report - New Feature Available
Quick look at your state data
Download and generate reports
Interactive Online Maps
Graphics for reports/presentations
Percentage tables
Longitudinal Data File - Updates Coming!
Broken down by category
Generate trend reports, charts, and graphs

18. Goal 3: Tools for Analyzing Child Count Data (cont.)
EI & R Self-Assessment Guide (SAG) - pre-populated data tables
Compare your state's DB child count to Part C counts (Table 1)
Compare your state to national DB count (Table 2)
Compare your state to national DB age distribution (Table 3)
Compare percent change between ages against national count (Table 4)

19. Goal 3: Planned Resources
Current Special Reports: Newly Identified, Primary Etiology
Additional Reports
Charts and Graphs
Additional Resources Shared by Projects
Exploring potential relationships with national partners for identification across all ages with agencies--CDC, medical community, NASDSE, ECTA, IDC
DBCC Key Resources Bookmarks (
Contact Robbin Bull for assistance,

20. Goal 4: Family Engagement - Child/Family TA
FEC MasterMind Group
Creation of a well-defined TA process for families
Creation of an action-planning form
Process for serving families from culturally and linguistically diverse groups
Training on family support in 2 critical areas

21. Goal 4: Family Engagement - Systems TA
Develop systems-change guidance specific for family services
Targeted and intensive TA to assist SDBPs in building the capacity of PTIs and other relevant state family organizations/agencies
Targeted TA on participating in Charting the Life Course National Community of Practice

22. Goal 4: Family Engagement - National Activities
Regional PTIs
NFADB
CHARGE Syndrome Foundation
University of Missouri-Kansas City Charting the Life Course National CoP

23. Goal 5: Early Identification & Intervention
Overall EI Outcomes are to impact:
Identification and referral
Personnel development systems
Three products with supplemental activities support the initiative:
Self-Assessment Guide
EI & R Toolbox
The Sooner the Better Framework

24. Goal 5: Early Identification & Referral Self-Assessment Guide
Increase Identification
Peer-to-peer learning community
Consultation/support

25. Goal 5: Early Identification & Referral Toolbox
In the process of being reworked
Will still focus on the four systems
Will be formatted like a guide to walk you through the steps
Accompanied by customizable resources
Keep an eye out for requests (and/or let me know if interested) to provide input/feedback

26. Goal 5: The Sooner the Better
The Sooner the Better: A Framework for Training Early Intervention Practitioners on Deaf-Blindness includes:
Content for trainings based on EBPs aligned with DEC standards
PPTs and videos to support statewide and child/family specific trainings.

27. Goal 6: Interveners & Qualified Personnel - Child/Family TA
OHOA Modules – expanding use for intervener training, TA, and PD
Targeted TA on coaching strategies

28. Goal 6: Interveners & Qualified Personnel - Systems TA
TA for Intervener and TDB role adoption:
Support for systems change to promote the definition of the roles of TDBs and interveners in local, state, and national policies and practices
Use of NICE to increase adoption of intervener role
Developing or improving state-specific intervener services
Collaborative relationships related to intervener services (e.g., SDBPs and family orgs)

29. Goal 6: Interveners & Qualified Personnel - Systems TA (cont.)
TA related to personnel development:
Establishment of sustainable personnel development programs
Incorporating deaf-blind content into state professional development systems
Use of OHOA Modules to build state intervener training programs
Partnering with a state’s low-incidence services to provide personnel training

30. Goal 6: Interveners & Qualified Personnel - National Activities
National community of practice for interveners
Personnel development opportunities for teachers and interveners
Identifying and establishing relationships with national partners
University credit-based PD for early intervention providers, teachers, interveners, and other related service providers (SDSU)
Resources & training information about adult learning strategies

31. Goal 7: Transition - Child/Family TA
Transition Institutes
Southeast Region – Host state is NC (11 projects participating)
Midwest Region – Host state is MN ( 9 projects participating)
Northeast Region – Exploration phase
Proposed Products
Develop Peer to Peer Mentoring Guide
Pre & Post Institute Action Planning Guide

32. Goal 7: Transition - Child/Family TA (cont.)
Transition Institute Partnerships
Helen Keller National Center
DeafBlind Citizens in Action
State Deaf-Blind Projects

33. Goal 7: Transition - Systems TA
Recommendations to Improve Transition Outcomes for Students with Deaf-Blindness and Additional Disabilities
Disseminate information about access and use
Series of drop in calls (December – February)

34. Goal 7: Transition - Systems TA (cont.)
Recommendations Partnerships
Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC)
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
Helen Keller National Center

35. Goal 7: Transition - National Activities
Meet with partners to solicit feedback on how they can assist in collaborating with state systems
WINTAC - Technical Assistance on implementing WIOA
Negotiations with national partners to provide training to the DB network

36. Goal 8: API - Child/Family TA
Information resources on assessment, planning, and instruction (API) on NCDB website
Practice profiles that define/describe key elements of API
Literacy Module

37. Goal 8: API - Systems TA & National Activities
Assistance for systems TA will begin after the practice profiles have been created
They will be promoted for use in personnel development
National
Provide opportunities for discussion and collaborative decision-making regarding research on assessment, planning, and instruction among university faculty and state projects

38. Announcements Project Evaluation Update
NCDB is working with the Center to Improve Program and Project Performance (CIPP)
CIPP Performance measures webinar - View the recording and access the materials
State Project Plans for Initiative Work Survey
DB Summit 2019 Reminders (Linda)