ECO Workshop: Strategies for Measuring Child and Family Outcomes

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ECO WorkshopStrategies for Measuring Child and
Family Outcomes

• Dale Walker, ECO
• Kathy Hebbeler, ECO
• Lynne Kahn, ECO
• Kristie Pretti-Frontczak,
• Kent State University

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Organization of the workshop

• ECO Family outcomes update
• Issues in selecting child assessments
• Making sense of child outcome data

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Format for the afternoon

• Some time will be available for questions and
  discussion during/after each presentation
• The part of the day spent on making sense of
  child outcome data will be very interactive!

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Update on ECO work on Family Outcomes
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ECO Family Outcomes Survey

• Three versions
• Part C
• Section 619 Preschool
• All children 0- 5

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Part C Version

• Six sections
• One section for each of the 5 ECO family outcomes
• One section specifically designed for the Part C
  SPP/APR family outcome indicator

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Preschool 619 Version

• Six sections
• One section for each of the 5 ECO family outcomes
• One section specifically designed for the Part B
  SPP/APR family involvement indicator

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Generic Version (for families of all children
birth five)

• Five sections
• One section for each of the 5 ECO family outcomes
• Language does not refer to children with special
  needs or delays

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Family Survey Schedule

• All three versions on the ECO website by the end
  of December
• Q and A document on the ECO web site by the end
  of December
• Studies will occur in the spring to determine the
  psychometric properties of the tools
• Guidance document on measuring family outcomes on
  ECO web site in January

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Preview of Guidance Document

• Considerations and recommendations regarding
• Data collection mechanisms
• WHO should data come from
• Confidentiality issues and options
• Combining family outcomes items with other family
  survey items
• Maximizing response rates
• Making sense of family outcomes data

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Upcoming TA Opportunities

• Child and Family Outcomes Conference April 25-
  27, 2006, sponsored by NECTAC and ECO
• Family Outcomes TA Think Tank, to be scheduled
• Clarifying priority family outcome TA needs and
  developing plans for providing TA and supports

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