Collaborating for Families and Young Children: Part C and CAPTA in South Carolina

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Collaborating for Families and Young Children
Part C and CAPTA in South Carolina

• OSEP National Early Childhood Meeting
• February 9, 2005
• Kristie Musick
• University of South Carolina

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• Part C Lead Agency Lead Agency for Part C is the
  South Carolina Department of Health and
  Environmental Control (SC DHEC)
• BabyNet, South Carolinas Early Intervention
  System, is housed in the Bureau of Maternal and
  Child Health, Division of Children and Youth with
  Special Health Care Need

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• Primary responsibility for implementation of
  CAPTA lies within the South Carolina Department
  of Social Services, through the delivery of
• Child Protective/Preventive Services,
• Adoption Services,
• Foster Care, and
• Managed Treatment Services.

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BabyNet Interagency Memorandum of Agreement

• All Part C Participating Agencies will
• Participate in the Child Find system,which
• is a system to locate, evaluate, assess
• and identify children who may be eligible
• for Part C supports and services.

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BabyNet Interagency Memorandum of Agreement

• The South Carolina Department of Social
• Services (DSS) will provide and assure
• Referral, consistent with the provisions of the
  Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA),
  of infants and toddlers under the age of 3 years
• Referral of children suspected of having a
  disability or developmental delay in accordance
  with Part C of IDEA

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BabyNet Interagency Memorandum of Agreement

• The South Carolina Department of Social Services
  (DSS) will provide and assure
• Development and implementation of joint
  procedures with BabyNet to ensure coordinated
  referral of children under CAPTA and IDEA and
• Programs and supports in the areas of family
  preservation and child welfare.

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Collaborative Activities

• Process and form for referral of children from
  DSS to Part C/BabyNet
• Process and tool for developmental screening of
  children referred to Part C/BabyNet
• Development of training modules for inservice and
  preservice DSS personnel
• Child Protective/Preventive Services
• Foster Care
• Adoption Services
• Managed Treatment Services

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Process and form for referral of children from
DSS to Part C/BabyNet

• DSS BabyNet Referral form
• Completed by all types of DSS Childrens
  Caseworkers
• Accompanied by
• With parental consent, a completed Parent
  Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS)
  Response Form, and
• Documentation of court order establishing source
  of guardianship of child

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Process and form for referral of children from
DSS to Part C/BabyNet

• Upon receipt by BabyNet System Point of Entry the
  BabyNet Intake Coordinator initiates the 45-day
  process
• Orientation and Intake visit
• Establish Part C eligibility
• Curriculum-based Assessment for IFSP planning
• Meeting to develop Initial IFSP

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The IFSP Team

• Members of the initial and annual IFSP Team
  would include
• The BabyNet Intake Coordinator
• The DSS Caseworker
• The biological parent(s) unless termination of
  parental rights has occurred
• The foster parent(s) when child is so placed

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Collaboration, Communication, and Coordination

• In cases of foster placement, the BabyNet Service
  Coordinator will ensure all communication is
  shared with both the DSS Caseworker and the
  foster parent (s).
• The DSS Caseworker will ensure that this
  communication is shared with the biological
  parent (s).

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Process and tool for developmental screening of
children referred to Part C/BabyNet

• Consensus reached to use the Parent Evaluation of
  Developmental Status (PEDS)
• Chosen on basis of accuracy, accessibility, and
  endorsement by wide range of professional
  associations
• Response Form completed by DSS Caseworker as part
  of DSS intake procedures
• Response Form scored by BabyNet Intake
  Coordinator as part of BabyNet intake procedures

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PEDS Accuracy Data

• Accuracy
• Sensitivity 74 to 80
• Specificity 70 to 80
• Inter-rater Reliability 80 to 100 across
  categories
• Test-retest Reliability 80 to 100
• Validity 70 or greater across all areas
• Accessibility
• Self-administered or Interview
• Reading level Grade 5
• Languages English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
  Available for licensing in Somali, Hmung, and
  Malaysian
• Endorsements
• American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy
  of Neurology, American Nurses Association, Head
  Start, Council for Exceptional Children,
  National Association for the Education of Young
  Children and others

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Development of training modules for BabyNet and
DSS personnel, pre- and in-service

• Within BabyNet
• BabyNet System Managers
• BabyNet Intake Coordinators
• BabyNet Service Coordinators
• Within Department of Social Services
• Adoption Services
• Child Protective/Preventive Services
• Foster Care
• Managed Treatment Services

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Joint Technical Assistance Efforts

• Joint training with BabyNet and DSS staff
• Identification of different strategies for
  personnel in service and preservice
• Topics identified thus far
• Basics of Part C CAPTA
• Developmental Red Flags
• Use of the Parent Evaluation of Developmental
  Status screening tool

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Current Collaborative Activities

• Incorporation of issues raised with IDEA
  Reauthorization
• Finalization of policies and procedures within
  and between the agencies
• Merger of TA content within and between the
  agencies
• Development of blended TA implementation schedule
• Research to add TA components to support training
  of personnel in the emotional and social
  development of young children