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Child Outcome Summary Form
(COSF) Resources
Instructions for Completing the COSF Form (PDF)
Instructions for completing the Child Outcomes Summary Form
Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) (Excel)
Form used for submission of district-wide entry and exit data to OSPI.
COSF - The Child Outcomes Summary Form (PDF)
Also available in RTF
NOT TO BE submitted to OSPI. This worksheet is used to determine individual child ratings only.
Information for Parents (PDF)
A brief one page description of the COSF for parents.
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (Word)
FAQ on early childhood outcomes reporting.
Washington State Early Learning and Development Benchmarks (PDF)
A reference for normal development and typical approaches to learning.
A Guide to Assessment in Early Childhood: Infancy to Age Eight (PDF)
A guide to early childhood assessment practices and instruments.
Child Outcomes Summary Form Data Collection (PDF)
PowerPoint
presentation from the OSPI January 2009 Conference
OSPI Presenters: Sheila Ammons and Sandy Grummick
COSF Data Quality Assurance
NEW Resources from the Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) Center
Updated Definitions of Outcomes Ratings (PDF)
Updated per request from the field to align rating definitions more closely with the decision tree listed next. May 2009
Documentation Key for Outcome Ratings (PDF)
Adapted by a local preschool program in North Carolina. It combines the rating definitions with instructions for writing evidence to support the COSF ratings.
Updated Decision Tree (PDF)
For use by teams when discussing COSF ratings. June 2009
Guidance for Reviewing Completed COSFs (PDF)
Record Review – A guide for reviewing completed COSFs
Pattern Checking Table (PDF)
Describes strategies for looking at data and recognizing red flags for quality assurance purposes. March 2009
Looking at Data (PPT)
Slides that provide background on how to look at data for quality assurance purposes.
Coming Soon: COSF Online Training Modules from the ECO Center
COSF Professional Development: Team Training Activities
COSF Team Discussion Quality Review (PDF)
To be used in conjunction with the training DVD to rate
the team discussion illustrated in the training DVD
Including Families in the COSF Discussion (PDF)
To be used in conjunction with the training DVD to
rate the team discussion illustrated in the training
DVD
COSF Supporting Evidence Activity Documentation (PDF)
An activity to practice writing evidence to support the COSF rating.
COSF Factors Data Quality
A worksheet to discuss factors that influence data quality
Guidance for Reviewing Completed COSFs
Record Review – A guide for reviewing completed
COSFs
Pop Quiz: Early Childhood Outcomes (Word) |
Answers
and Explanations (Word)
Twenty multiple-choice questions related to
collecting outcomes data
Additional
COSF Professional Development Training Activities from the ECO Center
Birth through Two
FAQs:
School District Funding for Early Intervention
Services, Birth Through Two (May 2009)
Information for these documents were collected from participants
who attended the early childhood day of the OSPI/WASA
conference on August 6, 2008.
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OSPI Q and A
(PDF)
ITIEP Q
and A (DSHS) (PDF)
Implementation Status from Local Districts on
Providing Birth through 2 Services (PDF)
What to Do: District Requirements for Children Transitioning from Part C to Part B Programs (Word)
Part C to Part B Transition Presentation (PPT)
EXTERNAL WEBSITE: Children with Special
Health Care Needs Program:
When families need help finding resources for their child,
their provider may use a
Decision Tree (pdf) as a tool to direct them to the
appropriate care coordinator.
www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/mch/cshcn_referrals.htm - Click on
Decision Tree link and save pdf file to your computer.
Early Childhood Response to Intervention (RTI)
For more information
go to the OSPI Response to Intervention Page (www.k12.wa.us/RTI/EarlyChildhood/default.aspx)
Early Childhood/Preschool Inclusion
EXTERNAL WEBSITE: Including Young
Children with Special Needs (http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/inclusion/information/schwartz3.htm)
EXTERNAL WEBSITE: Inclusion at the
Preschool Level: An Ecological Systems Analysis (http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/inclusion/information/schwartz1.htm)
EXTERNAL WEBSITE: Early
Childhood Research Institute on Inclusion (ECRII)
(http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ecrii/)
Early Childhood Inclusion References (pdf)
Early Childhood Curriculum
EXTERNAL WEBSITE: Rutgers
http://nieer.org/resources/policybriefs/12.pdf
EXTERNAL WEBSITE:
http://www.nccic.org/poptopics/curricula-ece.html
EXTERNAL WEBSITE:
http://earlyliteracylearning.org/cellreviews/cellreviews_v1_n3.pdf
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